#AAA88B#AAA88B

#AAA88B is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.040 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA88B
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 139)
HSL	hsl(56, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(56, 18%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 18.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.33, -4.27, 15.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.33, 15.86, 105.63°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0098 0.0392)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.04 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.2401, 38.4158, 29.9796)
Luminance	0.3841 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA88B #8B8DAA

analogous

#AA988B #AAA88B #9CAA8B

triadic

#AAA88B #8BAAA8 #A88BAA

tetradic

#AAA88B #8BAA98 #8B8DAA #AA8B9C

square

#AAA88B #8BAA98 #8B8DAA #AA8B9C

split-complementary

#AAA88B #8B9CAA #988BAA

monochromatic

#6C6A4F #8F8D69 #AAA88B #C4C2AE #DEDDD2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AAA88B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#AAA88B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA88B

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA88B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA88B	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA689

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA78C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa88b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 139);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.040 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1ad',
    500: '#aaa88b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa88b;
$custom-light: #c3c1ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa88b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 139
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.129,
    "s": 15.423,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72543,
    "c": 0.04044,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38415
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA88B

secondary

#C3C3CE

accent

#519A4C

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA88B

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

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