#AAA579#AAA579

#AAA579 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.5% C 0.060 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA579
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 121)
HSL	hsl(54, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 28.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.15, -5.29, 23.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.15, 24.11, 102.69°)
OKLab	oklab(71.5% -0.0129 0.0591)
OKLCH	oklch(71.5% 0.06 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(33.4841, 36.8374, 23.4319)
Luminance	0.3684 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA579 #797EAA

analogous

#AA8D79 #AAA579 #96AA79

triadic

#AAA579 #79AAA5 #A579AA

tetradic

#AAA579 #79AA8D #797EAA #AA7996

square

#AAA579 #79AA8D #797EAA #AA7996

split-complementary

#AAA579 #7996AA #8D79AA

monochromatic

#676341 #8D8759 #AAA579 #C2BE9E #DAD7C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#AAA579 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#AAA579 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA579

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA579	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA579	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA276

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA57B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19F99

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa579;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.5% 0.060 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bfa0',
    500: '#aaa579',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa579;
$custom-light: #c4bfa0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa579",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.878,
    "s": 22.374,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71499,
    "c": 0.06049,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA579

secondary

#B5B7C9

accent

#72BF69

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA579

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

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