#AAA559#AAA559

#AAA559 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.098 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA559
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 32%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 47.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.66, -9.03, 39.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.66, 40.79, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.026 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.098 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.8366, 36.1785, 14.7553)
Luminance	0.3618 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA559 #595EAA

analogous

#AA7C59 #AAA559 #86AA59

triadic

#AAA559 #59AAA5 #A559AA

tetradic

#AAA559 #59AA7C #595EAA #AA5986

square

#AAA559 #59AA7C #595EAA #AA5986

split-complementary

#AAA559 #5986AA #7C59AA

monochromatic

#5A582E #837F43 #AAA559 #BFBB81 #D3D1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AAA559 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#AAA559 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA559

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA559	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA559	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A052

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A45C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa559;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.098 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf89',
    500: '#aaa559',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa559;
$custom-light: #c5bf89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa559",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.296,
    "s": 32.271,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70941,
    "c": 0.09846,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA559

secondary

#9DA0C1

accent

#66C85F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA559

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

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