#AAA78B#AAA78B

#AAA78B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.039 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA78B
RGB	rgb(170, 167, 139)
HSL	hsl(54, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(54, 18%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 18.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -3.74, 14.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 15.36, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(72.33% -0.0083 0.0383)
OKLCH	oklch(72.33% 0.039 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(35.0562, 38.0480, 29.9183)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA78B #8B8EAA

analogous

#AA978B #AAA78B #9DAA8B

triadic

#AAA78B #8BAAA7 #A78BAA

tetradic

#AAA78B #8BAA97 #8B8EAA #AA8B9D

square

#AAA78B #8BAA97 #8B8EAA #AA8B9D

split-complementary

#AAA78B #8B9DAA #978BAA

monochromatic

#6C694F #8F8B69 #AAA78B #C4C2AE #DEDDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AAA78B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#AAA78B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA78B

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA78B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA78B	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)

#ACA589

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA78C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA39F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa78b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 167, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.039 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1ad',
    500: '#aaa78b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa78b;
$custom-light: #c3c1ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa78b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 15.423,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7233,
    "c": 0.03918,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38048
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA78B

secondary

#C3C4CE

accent

#539A4C

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA78B

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

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