#AAA172#AAA172

#AAA172 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.065 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA172
RGB	rgb(170, 161, 114)
HSL	hsl(50, 25%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 32.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -4.07, 25.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 26.02, 99.00°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.0097 0.0641)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.065 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.3601, 35.2515, 21.0159)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA172 #727BAA

analogous

#AA8572 #AAA172 #97AA72

triadic

#AAA172 #72AAA1 #A172AA

tetradic

#AAA172 #72AA85 #727BAA #AA7297

square

#AAA172 #72AA85 #727BAA #AA7297

split-complementary

#AAA172 #7297AA #8572AA

monochromatic

#655E3D #8B8254 #AAA172 #C1BA98 #D8D4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AAA172 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#AAA172 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA172

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA172	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA172	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9E6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29A95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa172;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 161, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.065 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bc9b',
    500: '#aaa172',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa172;
$custom-light: #c4bc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa172",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.357,
    "s": 24.779,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.705,
    "c": 0.06483,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35251
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA172

secondary

#B0B4C8

accent

#75C167

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA172

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

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