#AAA797#AAA797

#AAA797 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.023 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA797
RGB	rgb(170, 167, 151)
HSL	hsl(51, 10%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(51, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 11.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -1.78, 8.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 8.84, 101.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.63% -0.0033 0.0226)
OKLCH	oklch(72.63% 0.023 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.9816, 38.4182, 34.7921)
Luminance	0.3842 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA797 #979AAA

analogous

#AA9D97 #AAA797 #A3AA97

triadic

#AAA797 #97AAA7 #A797AA

tetradic

#AAA797 #97AA9D #979AAA #AA97A3

square

#AAA797 #97AA9D #979AAA #AA97A3

split-complementary

#AAA797 #97A3AA #9D97AA

monochromatic

#6D6A59 #8E8B75 #AAA797 #C6C3B9 #E1E0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AAA797 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#AAA797 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA797

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA797	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA797	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)

#AAA696

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA797

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA5A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa797;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 167, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.023 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1b5',
    500: '#aaa797',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa797;
$custom-light: #c3c1b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa797",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.526,
    "s": 10.053,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72634,
    "c": 0.0228,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38418
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA797

secondary

#CBCCD2

accent

#5C9451

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA797

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

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