#AAA79B#AAA79B

#AAA79B is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.017 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA79B
RGB	rgb(170, 167, 155)
HSL	hsl(48, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(48, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 8.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.42, -1.09, 6.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.42, 6.67, 99.42°)
OKLab	oklab(72.74% -0.0016 0.0172)
OKLCH	oklch(72.74% 0.017 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.3120, 38.5503, 36.5320)
Luminance	0.3855 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA79B #9B9EAA

analogous

#AA9F9B #AAA79B #A5AA9B

triadic

#AAA79B #9BAAA7 #A79BAA

tetradic

#AAA79B #9BAA9F #9B9EAA #AA9BA5

square

#AAA79B #9BAA9F #9B9EAA #AA9BA5

split-complementary

#AAA79B #9BA5AA #9F9BAA

monochromatic

#6E6A5D #8E8A7A #AAA79B #C6C4BC #E2E1DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AAA79B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.71

#AAA79B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA79B

8.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA79B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA79B	1.00	2.41	8.71	8.71
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AAA69A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ABA79B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA5A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa79b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 167, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.017 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1b8',
    500: '#aaa79b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa79b;
$custom-light: #c3c1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa79b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 8.108,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72742,
    "c": 0.0173,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA79B

secondary

#CECFD3

accent

#609253

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA79B

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

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