#AAA697#AAA697

#AAA697 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.022 H 94.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA697
RGB	rgb(170, 166, 151)
HSL	hsl(47, 10%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(47, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 11.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -1.24, 8.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 8.37, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0017 0.0216)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.022 94.6)
XYZ	xyz(35.7991, 38.0532, 34.7312)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA697 #979BAA

analogous

#AA9C97 #AAA697 #A4AA97

triadic

#AAA697 #97AAA6 #A697AA

tetradic

#AAA697 #97AA9C #979BAA #AA97A4

square

#AAA697 #97AA9C #979BAA #AA97A4

split-complementary

#AAA697 #97A4AA #9C97AA

monochromatic

#6D6959 #8E8975 #AAA697 #C6C3B9 #E1E0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AAA697 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#AAA697 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA697

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA697	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA697	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9A596

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA697

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa697;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 166, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.022 94.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c0b5',
    500: '#aaa697',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa697;
$custom-light: #c3c0b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa697",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 10.053,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72423,
    "c": 0.02166,
    "h": 94.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.38053
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA697

secondary

#CBCCD2

accent

#5F9451

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA697

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

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