#AAA879#AAA879

#AAA879 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.064 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA879
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 121)
HSL	hsl(58, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(58, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 28.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.97, -6.90, 24.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.97, 25.56, 105.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.15% -0.0175 0.0617)
OKLCH	oklch(72.15% 0.064 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.0315, 37.9324, 23.6144)
Luminance	0.3793 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA879 #797BAA

analogous

#AA9079 #AAA879 #94AA79

triadic

#AAA879 #79AAA8 #A879AA

tetradic

#AAA879 #79AA90 #797BAA #AA7994

square

#AAA879 #79AA90 #797BAA #AA7994

split-complementary

#AAA879 #7994AA #9079AA

monochromatic

#676641 #8D8B59 #AAA879 #C2C09E #DAD9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AAA879 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#AAA879 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA879

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA879	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA879	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A476

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A77B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa879;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.064 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1a0',
    500: '#aaa879',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa879;
$custom-light: #c4c1a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa879",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.551,
    "s": 22.374,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72145,
    "c": 0.06414,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.37932
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA879

secondary

#B5B6C9

accent

#6CBF69

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA879

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

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