#AAA259#AAA259

#AAA259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.095 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA259
RGB	rgb(170, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 32%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(54, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 47.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, -7.44, 38.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 39.49, 100.87°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0214 0.0928)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.095 103)
XYZ	xyz(31.3018, 35.1089, 14.5771)
Luminance	0.3511 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA259 #5961AA

analogous

#AA7959 #AAA259 #89AA59

triadic

#AAA259 #59AAA2 #A259AA

tetradic

#AAA259 #59AA79 #5961AA #AA5989

square

#AAA259 #59AA79 #5961AA #AA5989

split-complementary

#AAA259 #5989AA #7959AA

monochromatic

#5A562E #837D43 #AAA259 #BFB981 #D3CFAA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#AAA259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#AAA259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA259

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA259	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.095 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bd89',
    500: '#aaa259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa259;
$custom-light: #c5bd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.074,
    "s": 32.271,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70288,
    "c": 0.09519,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.35108
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA259

secondary

#9DA1C1

accent

#6AC85F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA259

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

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