#AAA261#AAA261

#AAA261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.086 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA261
RGB	rgb(170, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(53, 30%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(53, 43%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 42.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -6.62, 34.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 35.40, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.41% -0.0183 0.0843)
OKLCH	oklch(70.41% 0.086 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6562, 35.2507, 16.4435)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA261 #6169AA

analogous

#AA7E61 #AAA261 #8DAA61

triadic

#AAA261 #61AAA2 #A261AA

tetradic

#AAA261 #61AA7E #6169AA #AA618D

square

#AAA261 #61AA7E #6169AA #AA618D

split-complementary

#AAA261 #618DAA #7E61AA

monochromatic

#5E5933 #867F48 #AAA261 #BFB989 #D5D1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#AAA261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#AAA261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA261

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA261	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA264

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.086 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bd8f',
    500: '#aaa261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa261;
$custom-light: #c4bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.425,
    "s": 30.041,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70411,
    "c": 0.08629,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3525
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA261

secondary

#A4A7C3

accent

#6DC662

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA261

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

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