#AAA272#AAA272

#AAA272 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.066 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA272
RGB	rgb(170, 162, 114)
HSL	hsl(51, 25%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 32.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -4.61, 26.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 26.46, 100.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0113 0.0649)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.066 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.5355, 35.6024, 21.0744)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA272 #727AAA

analogous

#AA8672 #AAA272 #96AA72

triadic

#AAA272 #72AAA2 #A272AA

tetradic

#AAA272 #72AA86 #727AAA #AA7296

square

#AAA272 #72AA86 #727AAA #AA7296

split-complementary

#AAA272 #7296AA #8672AA

monochromatic

#655F3D #8B8354 #AAA272 #C1BB98 #D8D4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#AAA272 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#AAA272 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA272

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA272	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA272	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9F6F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA274

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29B96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa272;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 162, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.066 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bd9b',
    500: '#aaa272',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa272;
$custom-light: #c4bd9b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa272",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 24.779,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70715,
    "c": 0.06592,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35602
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA272

secondary

#B0B4C8

accent

#74C167

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA272

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

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