#AAA257#AAA257

#AAA257 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.097 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA257
RGB	rgb(170, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(54, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 49%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 48.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, -7.64, 39.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 40.49, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0222 0.0948)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.097 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.2190, 35.0758, 14.1408)
Luminance	0.3508 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA257 #575FAA

analogous

#AA7857 #AAA257 #88AA57

triadic

#AAA257 #57AAA2 #A257AA

tetradic

#AAA257 #57AA78 #575FAA #AA5788

square

#AAA257 #57AA78 #575FAA #AA5788

split-complementary

#AAA257 #5788AA #7857AA

monochromatic

#59552D #827C42 #AAA257 #BFB880 #D3CFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AAA257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#AAA257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA257

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA257	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)

#AE9E51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.097 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bd88',
    500: '#aaa257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa257;
$custom-light: #c5bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.217,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70259,
    "c": 0.09733,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35075
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA257

secondary

#9C9FC1

accent

#69C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA257

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

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