#AAA849#AAA849

#AAA849 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.118 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA849
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 57.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.30, -12.01, 48.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.30, 49.81, 103.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.0362 0.1119)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.118 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.7837, 37.0332, 11.7759)
Luminance	0.3703 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA849 #494BAA

analogous

#AA7849 #AAA849 #7BAA49

triadic

#AAA849 #49AAA8 #A849AA

tetradic

#AAA849 #49AA78 #494BAA #AA497B

square

#AAA849 #49AA78 #494BAA #AA497B

split-complementary

#AAA849 #497BAA #7849AA

monochromatic

#545324 #7F7E37 #AAA849 #C1BF6F #D4D29A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#AAA849 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#AAA849 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA849

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA849	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA849	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A23F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59E93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa849;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.118 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c17f',
    500: '#aaa849',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa849;
$custom-light: #c6c17f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa849",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.763,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71397,
    "c": 0.11764,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA849

secondary

#8F90C0

accent

#5AD058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA849

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

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