#AAA551#AAA551

#AAA551 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.107 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA551
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 81)
HSL	hsl(57, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(57, 52%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 52.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.56, -9.78, 43.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.56, 44.74, 102.62°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0289 0.1027)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.107 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.5188, 36.0513, 13.0813)
Luminance	0.3605 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA551 #5156AA

analogous

#AA7951 #AAA551 #83AA51

triadic

#AAA551 #51AAA5 #A551AA

tetradic

#AAA551 #51AA79 #5156AA #AA5183

square

#AAA551 #51AA79 #5156AA #AA5183

split-complementary

#AAA551 #5183AA #7951AA

monochromatic

#57552A #817D3D #AAA551 #BFBB79 #D3D0A2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#AAA551 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#AAA551 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA551

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA551	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA551	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A049

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A455

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59C92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa551;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.107 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf84',
    500: '#aaa551',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa551;
$custom-light: #c5bf84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa551",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.629,
    "s": 35.458,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70833,
    "c": 0.10674,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA551

secondary

#9799C0

accent

#63CB5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA551

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

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