#AAA959#AAA959

#AAA959 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.376; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.103 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.53:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA959
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 89)
HSL	hsl(59, 32%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(59, 48%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 47.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.76, -11.14, 41.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.76, 42.60, 105.16°)
OKLab	oklab(71.82% -0.032 0.0979)
OKLCH	oklch(71.82% 0.103 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(32.5694, 37.6440, 14.9996)
Luminance	0.3764 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA959 #595AAA

analogous

#AA8059 #AAA959 #82AA59

triadic

#AAA959 #59AAA9 #A959AA

tetradic

#AAA959 #59AA80 #595AAA #AA5982

square

#AAA959 #59AA80 #595AAA #AA5982

split-complementary

#AAA959 #5982AA #8059AA

monochromatic

#5A5A2E #838243 #AAA959 #BFBE81 #D3D3AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.46

#AAA959 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.53

#AAA959 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA959

8.53:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA959	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA959	1.00	2.46	8.53	8.53
#FFFFFF	2.46	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.53	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A352

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A75D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A096

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa959;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.103 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c28a',
    500: '#aaa959',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa959;
$custom-light: #c5c28a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa959",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.259,
    "s": 32.271,
    "l": 50.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71817,
    "c": 0.10301,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.37643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA959

secondary

#9D9EC1

accent

#61C85F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA959

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

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