#AAA179#AAA179

#AAA179 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.056 H 96.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA179
RGB	rgb(170, 161, 121)
HSL	hsl(49, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(49, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 5.3%, 28.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -3.14, 22.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 22.28, 98.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.64% -0.0067 0.0556)
OKLCH	oklch(70.64% 0.056 96.9)
XYZ	xyz(32.7738, 35.4170, 23.1952)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA179 #7982AA

analogous

#AA8979 #AAA179 #9AAA79

triadic

#AAA179 #79AAA1 #A179AA

tetradic

#AAA179 #79AA89 #7982AA #AA799A

square

#AAA179 #79AA89 #7982AA #AA799A

split-complementary

#AAA179 #799AAA #8979AA

monochromatic

#676041 #8D8359 #AAA179 #C2BB9E #DAD6C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#AAA179 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#AAA179 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA179

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA179	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA179	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)

#A99F76

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA27A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa179;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 161, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.056 96.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bca0',
    500: '#aaa179',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa179;
$custom-light: #c4bca0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa179",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.98,
    "s": 22.374,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70644,
    "c": 0.05599,
    "h": 96.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35416
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA179

secondary

#B5B9C9

accent

#79BF69

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA179

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

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