#AAA956#AAA956

#AAA956 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.106 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA956
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 86)
HSL	hsl(59, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(59, 49%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 49.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.72, -11.42, 42.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.72, 44.07, 105.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.78% -0.0331 0.1008)
OKLCH	oklch(71.78% 0.106 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(32.4460, 37.5947, 14.3496)
Luminance	0.3759 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA956 #5657AA

analogous

#AA7F56 #AAA956 #81AA56

triadic

#AAA956 #56AAA9 #A956AA

tetradic

#AAA956 #56AA7F #5657AA #AA5681

square

#AAA956 #56AA7F #5657AA #AA5681

split-complementary

#AAA956 #5681AA #7F56AA

monochromatic

#59582D #828141 #AAA956 #BEBE7F #D3D2A7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.47

#AAA956 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.52

#AAA956 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA956

8.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA956	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA956	1.00	2.47	8.52	8.52
#FFFFFF	2.47	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A34F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A65A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa956;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.106 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c288',
    500: '#aaa956',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa956;
$custom-light: #c5c288;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa956",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.286,
    "s": 33.071,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71776,
    "c": 0.10614,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.37594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA956

secondary

#9B9CC1

accent

#60C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA956

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

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