#AAA87B#AAA87B

#AAA87B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.062 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA87B
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 123)
HSL	hsl(57, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(57, 28%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 27.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -6.62, 23.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 24.49, 105.69°)
OKLab	oklab(72.19% -0.0167 0.0593)
OKLCH	oklch(72.19% 0.062 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(34.1554, 37.9819, 24.2670)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA87B #7B7DAA

analogous

#AA917B #AAA87B #94AA7B

triadic

#AAA87B #7BAAA8 #A87BAA

tetradic

#AAA87B #7BAA91 #7B7DAA #AA7B94

square

#AAA87B #7BAA91 #7B7DAA #AA7B94

split-complementary

#AAA87B #7B94AA #917BAA

monochromatic

#686643 #8D8B5B #AAA87B #C2C1A0 #DAD9C5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#AAA87B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#AAA87B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA87B

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA87B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA87B	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A478

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A77D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A29C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa87b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.062 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c1a1',
    500: '#aaa87b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa87b;
$custom-light: #c4c1a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa87b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.447,
    "s": 21.659,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72186,
    "c": 0.06158,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37981
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA87B

secondary

#B7B8CA

accent

#6DBE6A

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120F

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA87B

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

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