#AAA856#AAA856

#AAA856 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.105 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA856
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 49.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, -10.90, 42.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 43.62, 104.47°)
OKLab	oklab(71.56% -0.0316 0.1001)
OKLCH	oklch(71.56% 0.105 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.2607, 37.2240, 14.2878)
Luminance	0.3722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA856 #5658AA

analogous

#AA7E56 #AAA856 #82AA56

triadic

#AAA856 #56AAA8 #A856AA

tetradic

#AAA856 #56AA7E #5658AA #AA5682

square

#AAA856 #56AA7E #5658AA #AA5682

split-complementary

#AAA856 #5682AA #7E56AA

monochromatic

#59582D #828041 #AAA856 #BEBD7F #D3D2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AAA856 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#AAA856 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA856

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA856	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA856	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A24F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa856;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.105 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c188',
    500: '#aaa856',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa856;
$custom-light: #c5c188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa856",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 33.071,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71556,
    "c": 0.10499,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37223
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA856

secondary

#9B9CC1

accent

#61C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA856

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

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