#AAA89B#AAA89B

#AAA89B is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.389; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.018 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA89B
RGB	rgb(170, 168, 155)
HSL	hsl(52, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(52, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 8.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.69, -1.63, 6.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.69, 7.16, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0031 0.0182)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.018 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(36.4959, 38.9181, 36.5933)
Luminance	0.3892 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA89B #9B9DAA

analogous

#AAA09B #AAA89B #A4AA9B

triadic

#AAA89B #9BAAA8 #A89BAA

tetradic

#AAA89B #9BAAA0 #9B9DAA #AA9BA4

square

#AAA89B #9BAAA0 #9B9DAA #AA9BA4

split-complementary

#AAA89B #9BA4AA #A09BAA

monochromatic

#6E6B5D #8E8B7A #AAA89B #C6C5BC #E2E2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AAA89B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.78

#AAA89B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA89B

8.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA89B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA89B	1.00	2.39	8.78	8.78
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ABA79A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA89B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa89b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 168, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.018 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c1b8',
    500: '#aaa89b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa89b;
$custom-light: #c3c1b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa89b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 8.108,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72952,
    "c": 0.01849,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38918
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA89B

secondary

#CECED3

accent

#5C9253

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA89B

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

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