#AAA949#AAA949

#AAA949 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.374; OKLCH L 71.6% C 0.119 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.48:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA949
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 73)
HSL	hsl(59, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(59, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 57.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.58, -12.53, 48.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.58, 50.23, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.62% -0.0377 0.1126)
OKLCH	oklch(71.62% 0.119 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(31.9690, 37.4039, 11.8377)
Luminance	0.3740 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA949 #494AAA

analogous

#AA7849 #AAA949 #7BAA49

triadic

#AAA949 #49AAA9 #A949AA

tetradic

#AAA949 #49AA78 #494AAA #AA497B

square

#AAA949 #49AA78 #494AAA #AA497B

split-complementary

#AAA949 #497BAA #7849AA

monochromatic

#545424 #7F7E37 #AAA949 #C1C06F #D4D39A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#AAA949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.48

#AAA949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA949

8.48:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA949	1.00	2.48	8.48	8.48
#FFFFFF	2.48	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.48	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A33F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A64E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59F94

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.6% 0.119 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c27f',
    500: '#aaa949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa949;
$custom-light: #c6c27f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.381,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71617,
    "c": 0.11874,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37403
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA949

secondary

#8F8FC0

accent

#59D058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA949

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

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