#AAA596#AAA596

#AAA596 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.377; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.022 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA596
RGB	rgb(170, 165, 150)
HSL	hsl(45, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(45, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.9%, 11.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.77, -0.86, 8.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.77, 8.46, 95.86°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0006 0.022)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.022 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.5372, 37.6587, 34.2450)
Luminance	0.3766 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA596 #969BAA

analogous

#AA9B96 #AAA596 #A5AA96

triadic

#AAA596 #96AAA5 #A596AA

tetradic

#AAA596 #96AA9B #969BAA #AA96A5

square

#AAA596 #96AA9B #969BAA #AA96A5

split-complementary

#AAA596 #96A5AA #9B96AA

monochromatic

#6D6858 #8F8874 #AAA596 #C5C2B8 #E1DFDA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AAA596 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#AAA596 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA596

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA596	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA596	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A495

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AAA696

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA2A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa596;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 165, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.022 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bfb4',
    500: '#aaa596',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa596;
$custom-light: #c3bfb4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa596",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72185,
    "c": 0.02196,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.37658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA596

secondary

#CACCD2

accent

#629551

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA596

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

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