#AAA178#AAA178

#AAA178 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.057 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA178
RGB	rgb(170, 161, 120)
HSL	hsl(49, 23%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 29.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -3.28, 22.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 22.81, 98.26°)
OKLab	oklab(70.62% -0.0072 0.0568)
OKLCH	oklch(70.62% 0.057 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.7128, 35.3926, 22.8739)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA178 #7881AA

analogous

#AA8878 #AAA178 #9AAA78

triadic

#AAA178 #78AAA1 #A178AA

tetradic

#AAA178 #78AA88 #7881AA #AA789A

square

#AAA178 #78AA88 #7881AA #AA789A

split-complementary

#AAA178 #789AAA #8878AA

monochromatic

#676041 #8C8358 #AAA178 #C2BB9E #D9D5C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AAA178 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#AAA178 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA178

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA178	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA178	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99F75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA279

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa178;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 161, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.057 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bc9f',
    500: '#aaa178',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa178;
$custom-light: #c4bc9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa178",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.2,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70622,
    "c": 0.05727,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35392
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA178

secondary

#B5B8C9

accent

#78BF69

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA178

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

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