#AAA659#AAA659

#AAA659 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.100 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA659
RGB	rgb(170, 166, 89)
HSL	hsl(57, 32%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(57, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 47.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -9.56, 40.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 41.24, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(71.16% -0.0275 0.0957)
OKLCH	oklch(71.16% 0.1 106)
XYZ	xyz(32.0177, 36.5406, 14.8157)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA659 #595DAA

analogous

#AA7D59 #AAA659 #85AA59

triadic

#AAA659 #59AAA6 #A659AA

tetradic

#AAA659 #59AA7D #595DAA #AA5985

square

#AAA659 #59AA7D #595DAA #AA5985

split-complementary

#AAA659 #5985AA #7D59AA

monochromatic

#5A582E #838043 #AAA659 #BFBC81 #D3D1AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#AAA659 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#AAA659 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA659

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA659	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA659	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A152

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A55D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49D94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa659;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 166, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.100 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c08a',
    500: '#aaa659',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa659;
$custom-light: #c5c08a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa659",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.037,
    "s": 32.271,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7116,
    "c": 0.09957,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.3654
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA659

secondary

#9D9FC1

accent

#65C85F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA659

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

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