#AAA459#AAA459

#AAA459 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.097 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA459
RGB	rgb(170, 164, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 32%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.5%, 47.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.38, -8.50, 39.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.38, 40.35, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0245 0.0942)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.097 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.6570, 35.8191, 14.6955)
Luminance	0.3582 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA459 #595FAA

analogous

#AA7B59 #AAA459 #87AA59

triadic

#AAA459 #59AAA4 #A459AA

tetradic

#AAA459 #59AA7B #595FAA #AA5987

square

#AAA459 #59AA7B #595FAA #AA5987

split-complementary

#AAA459 #5987AA #7B59AA

monochromatic

#5A572E #837E43 #AAA459 #BFBA81 #D3D0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#AAA459 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#AAA459 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA459

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA459	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA459	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A35C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa459;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 164, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.097 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5be89',
    500: '#aaa459',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa459;
$custom-light: #c5be89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa459",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 32.271,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70723,
    "c": 0.09735,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35818
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA459

secondary

#9DA0C1

accent

#67C85F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA459

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

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