#AA9C6D#AA9C6D

#AA9C6D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.066 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9C6D
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 109)
HSL	hsl(46, 26%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(46, 36%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 35.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, -2.00, 26.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 26.59, 94.31°)
OKLab	oklab(69.34% -0.004 0.0659)
OKLCH	oklch(69.34% 0.066 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.2269, 33.4281, 19.2724)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9C6D #6D7BAA

analogous

#AA7E6D #AA9C6D #99AA6D

triadic

#AA9C6D #6DAA9C #9C6DAA

tetradic

#AA9C6D #6DAA7E #6D7BAA #AA6D99

square

#AA9C6D #6DAA7E #6D7BAA #AA6D99

split-complementary

#AA9C6D #6D99AA #7E6DAA

monochromatic

#63593A #8A7C50 #AA9C6D #C1B694 #D7D0BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AA9C6D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#AA9C6D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9C6D

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9C6D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9C6D	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69A6A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99E6F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39590

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9c6d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 109);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.066 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b997',
    500: '#aa9c6d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9c6d;
$custom-light: #c4b997;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9c6d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 109
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.23,
    "s": 26.407,
    "l": 54.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69336,
    "c": 0.06598,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9C6D

secondary

#ADB2C6

accent

#7BC365

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9C6D

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →