#AAA274#AAA274

#AAA274 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.063 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA274
RGB	rgb(170, 162, 116)
HSL	hsl(51, 24%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(51, 32%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 31.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.25, -4.35, 25.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.25, 25.40, 99.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0104 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.063 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.6506, 35.6484, 21.6805)
Luminance	0.3565 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA274 #747CAA

analogous

#AA8774 #AAA274 #97AA74

triadic

#AAA274 #74AAA2 #A274AA

tetradic

#AAA274 #74AA87 #747CAA #AA7497

square

#AAA274 #74AA87 #747CAA #AA7497

split-complementary

#AAA274 #7497AA #8774AA

monochromatic

#66603E #8B8355 #AAA274 #C1BB9A #D8D5C0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AAA274 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.13

#AAA274 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA274

8.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA274	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA274	1.00	2.58	8.13	8.13
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9F71

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA376

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29C96

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa274;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 162, 116);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.063 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bd9c',
    500: '#aaa274',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa274;
$custom-light: #c4bd9c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa274",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 116
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.111,
    "s": 24.107,
    "l": 56.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70754,
    "c": 0.06341,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35648
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA274

secondary

#B2B5C8

accent

#74C167

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA274

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

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