#AAA278#AAA278

#AAA278 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.058 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA278
RGB	rgb(170, 162, 120)
HSL	hsl(50, 23%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(50, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.7%, 29.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -3.82, 22.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 23.26, 99.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0087 0.0577)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.058 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(32.8883, 35.7435, 22.9324)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA278 #7880AA

analogous

#AA8978 #AAA278 #99AA78

triadic

#AAA278 #78AAA2 #A278AA

tetradic

#AAA278 #78AA89 #7880AA #AA7899

square

#AAA278 #78AA89 #7880AA #AA7899

split-complementary

#AAA278 #7899AA #8978AA

monochromatic

#676141 #8C8458 #AAA278 #C2BC9E #D9D6C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#AAA278 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#AAA278 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA278

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA278	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA278	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9F75

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA379

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29C97

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa278;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 162, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.058 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bd9f',
    500: '#aaa278',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa278;
$custom-light: #c4bd9f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa278",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.4,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70836,
    "c": 0.05835,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35743
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA278

secondary

#B5B8C9

accent

#76BF69

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA278

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

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