#AAA556#AAA556

#AAA556 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.102 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA556
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 49.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, -9.32, 41.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 42.29, 102.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0271 0.098)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.102 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.7132, 36.1291, 14.1054)
Luminance	0.3613 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA556 #565BAA

analogous

#AA7B56 #AAA556 #85AA56

triadic

#AAA556 #56AAA5 #A556AA

tetradic

#AAA556 #56AA7B #565BAA #AA5685

square

#AAA556 #56AA7B #565BAA #AA5685

split-complementary

#AAA556 #5685AA #7B56AA

monochromatic

#59562D #827E41 #AAA556 #BEBB7F #D3D0A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AAA556 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#AAA556 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA556

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA556	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA556	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A04F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa556;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.102 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf87',
    500: '#aaa556',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa556;
$custom-light: #c5bf87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa556",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.429,
    "s": 33.071,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70899,
    "c": 0.10163,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36128
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA556

secondary

#9B9DC1

accent

#65C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA556

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

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