#AAA857#AAA857

#AAA857 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.104 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA857
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 87)
HSL	hsl(59, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 48.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -10.80, 41.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 43.13, 104.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.57% -0.0312 0.0991)
OKLCH	oklch(71.57% 0.104 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(32.3012, 37.2403, 14.5015)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA857 #5759AA

analogous

#AA7E57 #AAA857 #82AA57

triadic

#AAA857 #57AAA8 #A857AA

tetradic

#AAA857 #57AA7E #5759AA #AA5782

square

#AAA857 #57AA7E #5759AA #AA5782

split-complementary

#AAA857 #5782AA #7E57AA

monochromatic

#59582D #828042 #AAA857 #BFBD80 #D3D2A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#AAA857 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#AAA857 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA857

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA857	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA857	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A250

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A65B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49F95

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa857;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.104 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c188',
    500: '#aaa857',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa857;
$custom-light: #c5c188;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa857",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.554,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7157,
    "c": 0.10395,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA857

secondary

#9C9DC1

accent

#61C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA857

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

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