#AAA059#AAA059

#AAA059 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.093 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA059
RGB	rgb(170, 160, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 32%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.9%, 47.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -6.38, 38.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 38.64, 99.50°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0183 0.0913)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.093 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9523, 34.4099, 14.4606)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA059 #5963AA

analogous

#AA7759 #AAA059 #8BAA59

triadic

#AAA059 #59AAA0 #A059AA

tetradic

#AAA059 #59AA77 #5963AA #AA598B

square

#AAA059 #59AA77 #5963AA #AA598B

split-complementary

#AAA059 #598BAA #7759AA

monochromatic

#5A552E #837B43 #AAA059 #BFB781 #D3CEAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#AAA059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#AAA059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA059

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA059	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 160, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.093 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bb89',
    500: '#aaa059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa059;
$custom-light: #c5bb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.593,
    "s": 32.271,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69854,
    "c": 0.09308,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA059

secondary

#9DA2C1

accent

#6CC85F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA059

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

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