#AAA796#AAA796

#AAA796 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.024 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA796
RGB	rgb(170, 167, 150)
HSL	hsl(51, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 11.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -1.95, 9.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 9.38, 101.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.61% -0.0037 0.0239)
OKLCH	oklch(72.61% 0.024 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(35.9007, 38.3858, 34.3662)
Luminance	0.3839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA796 #9699AA

analogous

#AA9D96 #AAA796 #A3AA96

triadic

#AAA796 #96AAA7 #A796AA

tetradic

#AAA796 #96AA9D #9699AA #AA96A3

square

#AAA796 #96AA9D #9699AA #AA96A3

split-complementary

#AAA796 #96A3AA #9D96AA

monochromatic

#6D6A58 #8F8B74 #AAA796 #C5C3B8 #E1E0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AAA796 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#AAA796 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA796

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA796	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA796	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA695

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA4A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa796;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 167, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.024 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1b4',
    500: '#aaa796',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa796;
$custom-light: #c3c1b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa796",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72607,
    "c": 0.02417,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38385
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA796

secondary

#CACBD2

accent

#5B9551

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA796

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

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