#AAA899#AAA899

#AAA899 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.021 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.77:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA899
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 153)
HSL	hsl(53, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(53, 10%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 10%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.64, -1.98, 8.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.64, 8.25, 103.89°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.004 0.0209)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.021 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.3293, 38.8515, 35.7160)
Luminance	0.3885 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA899 #999BAA

analogous

#AA9F99 #AAA899 #A3AA99

triadic

#AAA899 #99AAA8 #A899AA

tetradic

#AAA899 #99AA9F #999BAA #AA99A3

square

#AAA899 #99AA9F #999BAA #AA99A3

split-complementary

#AAA899 #99A3AA #9F99AA

monochromatic

#6D6B5B #8E8C78 #AAA899 #C6C4BA #E2E1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AAA899 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.77

#AAA899 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA899

8.77:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA899	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA899	1.00	2.39	8.77	8.77
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.77	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA798

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA899

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa899;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.021 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1b7',
    500: '#aaa899',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa899;
$custom-light: #c3c1b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa899",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72898,
    "c": 0.02126,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38851
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA899

secondary

#CCCDD2

accent

#5A9352

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA899

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

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