#AAA173#AAA173

#AAA173 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.064 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA173
RGB	rgb(170, 161, 115)
HSL	hsl(50, 24%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(50, 32%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 32.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.96, -3.94, 25.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.96, 25.49, 98.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.52% -0.0093 0.0629)
OKLCH	oklch(70.52% 0.064 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(32.4173, 35.2744, 21.3173)
Luminance	0.3527 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA173 #737CAA

analogous

#AA8573 #AAA173 #97AA73

triadic

#AAA173 #73AAA1 #A173AA

tetradic

#AAA173 #73AA85 #737CAA #AA7397

square

#AAA173 #73AA85 #737CAA #AA7397

split-complementary

#AAA173 #7397AA #8573AA

monochromatic

#655F3D #8B8255 #AAA173 #C1BB99 #D8D4BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AAA173 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#AAA173 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA173

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA173	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA173	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)

#AA9E70

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA275

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29B95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa173;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 161, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.064 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bc9b',
    500: '#aaa173',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa173;
$custom-light: #c4bc9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa173",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.182,
    "s": 24.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7052,
    "c": 0.06358,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA173

secondary

#B1B5C8

accent

#76C167

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA173

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

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