#AAA799#AAA799

#AAA799 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.020 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA799
RGB	rgb(170, 167, 153)
HSL	hsl(49, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(49, 10%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 10%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.38, -1.44, 7.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.38, 7.76, 100.68°)
OKLab	oklab(72.69% -0.0024 0.0199)
OKLCH	oklch(72.69% 0.02 97)
XYZ	xyz(36.1454, 38.4837, 35.6547)
Luminance	0.3848 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA799 #999CAA

analogous

#AA9E99 #AAA799 #A4AA99

triadic

#AAA799 #99AAA7 #A799AA

tetradic

#AAA799 #99AA9E #999CAA #AA99A4

square

#AAA799 #99AA9E #999CAA #AA99A4

split-complementary

#AAA799 #99A4AA #9E99AA

monochromatic

#6D6A5B #8E8A78 #AAA799 #C6C4BA #E2E1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AAA799 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#AAA799 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA799

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA799	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA799	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA698

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA799

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa799;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 167, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.020 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1b7',
    500: '#aaa799',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa799;
$custom-light: #c3c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa799",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.412,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72687,
    "c": 0.02006,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.38483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA799

secondary

#CCCDD2

accent

#5E9352

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA799

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

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