#AA9E6C#AA9E6C

#AA9E6C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.069 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9E6C
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 108)
HSL	hsl(48, 27%, 55%)
HSV	hsv(48, 36%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 36.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.03, -3.20, 27.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.03, 27.92, 96.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.0075 0.0687)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.069 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5117, 34.0834, 19.1033)
Luminance	0.3408 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9E6C #6C78AA

analogous

#AA7F6C #AA9E6C #97AA6C

triadic

#AA9E6C #6CAA9E #9E6CAA

tetradic

#AA9E6C #6CAA7F #6C78AA #AA6C97

square

#AA9E6C #6CAA7F #6C78AA #AA6C97

split-complementary

#AA9E6C #6C97AA #7F6CAA

monochromatic

#635B39 #897E4F #AA9E6C #C0B893 #D7D1BA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#AA9E6C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#AA9E6C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9E6C

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9E6C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9E6C	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89B68

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA06E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39791

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9e6c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 108);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.069 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4ba96',
    500: '#aa9e6c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9e6c;
$custom-light: #c4ba96;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9e6c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 108
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.387,
    "s": 26.724,
    "l": 54.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69743,
    "c": 0.06911,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34082
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9E6C

secondary

#ACB1C6

accent

#77C365

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13110D

muted

#82807E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9E6C

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

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