#AAA79A#AAA79A

#AAA79A is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.019 H 96.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA79A
RGB	rgb(170, 167, 154)
HSL	hsl(49, 9%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(49, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 9.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.40, -1.27, 7.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.40, 7.22, 100.11°)
OKLab	oklab(72.71% -0.002 0.0186)
OKLCH	oklch(72.71% 0.019 96.2)
XYZ	xyz(36.2283, 38.5169, 36.0915)
Luminance	0.3852 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA79A #9A9DAA

analogous

#AA9F9A #AAA79A #A5AA9A

triadic

#AAA79A #9AAAA7 #A79AAA

tetradic

#AAA79A #9AAA9F #9A9DAA #AA9AA5

square

#AAA79A #9AAA9F #9A9DAA #AA9AA5

split-complementary

#AAA79A #9AA5AA #9F9AAA

monochromatic

#6D6A5C #8E8A79 #AAA79A #C6C4BB #E2E1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AAA79A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#AAA79A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA79A

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA79A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA79A	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)

#AAA699

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA79A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa79a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 167, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.019 96.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1b7',
    500: '#aaa79a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa79a;
$custom-light: #c3c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa79a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.75,
    "s": 8.602,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72714,
    "c": 0.01868,
    "h": 96.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38517
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA79A

secondary

#CDCED3

accent

#5F9353

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA79A

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

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