#AAA255#AAA255

#AAA255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.099 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA255
RGB	rgb(170, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(54, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 50%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 50%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -7.83, 40.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 41.49, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0229 0.0968)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.099 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.1384, 35.0436, 13.7164)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA255 #555DAA

analogous

#AA7855 #AAA255 #87AA55

triadic

#AAA255 #55AAA2 #A255AA

tetradic

#AAA255 #55AA78 #555DAA #AA5587

square

#AAA255 #55AA78 #555DAA #AA5587

split-complementary

#AAA255 #5587AA #7855AA

monochromatic

#58542C #817B41 #AAA255 #BEB87E #D3CFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AAA255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#AAA255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA255

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA255	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.099 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bd87',
    500: '#aaa255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa255;
$custom-light: #c5bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.353,
    "s": 33.333,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70231,
    "c": 0.09944,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35043
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA255

secondary

#9A9EC0

accent

#68C95E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA255

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

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