#AAA051#AAA051

#AAA051 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.101 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA051
RGB	rgb(170, 160, 81)
HSL	hsl(53, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 52.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -7.13, 42.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 42.64, 99.62°)
OKLab	oklab(69.74% -0.0213 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(69.74% 0.101 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.6345, 34.2828, 12.7865)
Luminance	0.3428 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA051 #515BAA

analogous

#AA7451 #AAA051 #88AA51

triadic

#AAA051 #51AAA0 #A051AA

tetradic

#AAA051 #51AA74 #515BAA #AA5188

square

#AAA051 #51AA74 #515BAA #AA5188

split-complementary

#AAA051 #5188AA #7451AA

monochromatic

#57522A #81793D #AAA051 #BFB779 #D3CDA2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#AAA051 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#AAA051 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA051

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA051	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA051	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa051;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 160, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.101 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bb84',
    500: '#aaa051',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa051;
$custom-light: #c5bb84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa051",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.258,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69742,
    "c": 0.10148,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA051

secondary

#979BC0

accent

#69CB5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA051

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

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