#AAA159#AAA159

#AAA159 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.094 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA159
RGB	rgb(170, 161, 89)
HSL	hsl(53, 32%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(53, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 47.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -6.91, 38.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 39.06, 100.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.0199 0.092)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.094 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1264, 34.7580, 14.5186)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA159 #5962AA

analogous

#AA7859 #AAA159 #8AAA59

triadic

#AAA159 #59AAA1 #A159AA

tetradic

#AAA159 #59AA78 #5962AA #AA598A

square

#AAA159 #59AA78 #5962AA #AA598A

split-complementary

#AAA159 #598AAA #7859AA

monochromatic

#5A552E #837C43 #AAA159 #BFB881 #D3CFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#AAA159 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#AAA159 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA159

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA159	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA159	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa159;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 161, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.094 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bc89',
    500: '#aaa159',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa159;
$custom-light: #c5bc89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa159",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 32.271,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70071,
    "c": 0.09412,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34757
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA159

secondary

#9DA1C1

accent

#6BC85F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA159

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

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