#AAA55B#AAA55B

#AAA55B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.096 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA55B
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 91)
HSL	hsl(56, 32%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 46%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 46.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.68, -8.84, 38.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.68, 39.79, 102.83°)
OKLab	oklab(70.97% -0.0252 0.0929)
OKLCH	oklch(70.97% 0.096 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.9217, 36.2125, 15.2037)
Luminance	0.3621 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA55B #5B60AA

analogous

#AA7D5B #AAA55B #87AA5B

triadic

#AAA55B #5BAAA5 #A55BAA

tetradic

#AAA55B #5BAA7D #5B60AA #AA5B87

square

#AAA55B #5BAA7D #5B60AA #AA5B87

split-complementary

#AAA55B #5B87AA #7D5BAA

monochromatic

#5B592F #848044 #AAA55B #BFBB83 #D4D1AC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#AAA55B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#AAA55B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA55B

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA55B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA55B	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)

#B0A055

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A45E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49C93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa55b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.096 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf8b',
    500: '#aaa55b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa55b;
$custom-light: #c5bf8b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa55b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.203,
    "s": 31.727,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7097,
    "c": 0.0963,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36212
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA55B

secondary

#9FA1C2

accent

#66C860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA55B

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

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