#AAA256#AAA256

#AAA256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.098 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA256
RGB	rgb(170, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(54, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 49.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, -7.73, 40.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 40.99, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0225 0.0958)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.098 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.1784, 35.0596, 13.9271)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA256 #565EAA

analogous

#AA7856 #AAA256 #88AA56

triadic

#AAA256 #56AAA2 #A256AA

tetradic

#AAA256 #56AA78 #565EAA #AA5688

square

#AAA256 #56AA78 #565EAA #AA5688

split-complementary

#AAA256 #5688AA #7856AA

monochromatic

#59552D #827B41 #AAA256 #BEB87F #D3CFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AAA256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#AAA256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA256

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA256	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)

#AE9D4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.098 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bd87',
    500: '#aaa256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa256;
$custom-light: #c5bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.286,
    "s": 33.071,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70245,
    "c": 0.09839,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA256

secondary

#9B9FC1

accent

#69C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA256

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

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