#AAA557#AAA557

#AAA557 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.101 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA557
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 48.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -9.23, 40.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 41.79, 102.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0267 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.101 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.7538, 36.1453, 14.3190)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA557 #575CAA

analogous

#AA7C57 #AAA557 #85AA57

triadic

#AAA557 #57AAA5 #A557AA

tetradic

#AAA557 #57AA7C #575CAA #AA5785

square

#AAA557 #57AA7C #575CAA #AA5785

split-complementary

#AAA557 #5785AA #7C57AA

monochromatic

#59572D #827E42 #AAA557 #BFBB80 #D3D1A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AAA557 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#AAA557 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA557

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA557	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA557	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)

#B1A050

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa557;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.101 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf88',
    500: '#aaa557',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa557;
$custom-light: #c5bf88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa557",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.386,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70913,
    "c": 0.10058,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA557

secondary

#9C9EC1

accent

#65C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA557

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

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