#AAA962#AAA962

#AAA962 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.378; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.093 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA962
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 98)
HSL	hsl(59, 30%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(59, 42%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 42.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.88, -10.22, 36.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.88, 38.08, 105.57°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0285 0.0887)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.093 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(32.9707, 37.8046, 17.1131)
Luminance	0.3780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA962 #6263AA

analogous

#AA8562 #AAA962 #87AA62

triadic

#AAA962 #62AAA9 #A962AA

tetradic

#AAA962 #62AA85 #6263AA #AA6287

square

#AAA962 #62AA85 #6263AA #AA6287

split-complementary

#AAA962 #6287AA #8562AA

monochromatic

#5E5E33 #868549 #AAA962 #BFBF8A #D5D4B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#AAA962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.56

#AAA962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA962

8.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA962	1.00	2.45	8.56	8.56
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A45C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A765

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A198

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A5A5A5

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.093 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c290',
    500: '#aaa962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa962;
$custom-light: #c4c290;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.167,
    "s": 29.752,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7195,
    "c": 0.09316,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA962

secondary

#A4A5C4

accent

#63C662

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F7F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA962

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

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