#AAA972#AAA972

#AAA972 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.074 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA972
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 114)
HSL	hsl(59, 25%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 33%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 32.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.12, -8.34, 28.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.12, 29.77, 106.28°)
OKLab	oklab(72.22% -0.022 0.0709)
OKLCH	oklch(72.22% 0.074 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8031, 38.1375, 21.4969)
Luminance	0.3814 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA972 #7273AA

analogous

#AA8D72 #AAA972 #8FAA72

triadic

#AAA972 #72AAA9 #A972AA

tetradic

#AAA972 #72AA8D #7273AA #AA728F

square

#AAA972 #72AA8D #7273AA #AA728F

split-complementary

#AAA972 #728FAA #8D72AA

monochromatic

#65643D #8B8A54 #AAA972 #C1C098 #D8D8BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AAA972 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#AAA972 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA972

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA972	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA972	1.00	2.43	8.63	8.63
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A56E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A774

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa972;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 114);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.074 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c29b',
    500: '#aaa972',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa972;
$custom-light: #c4c29b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa972",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 114
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.929,
    "s": 24.779,
    "l": 55.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72225,
    "c": 0.07419,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA972

secondary

#B0B1C8

accent

#68C167

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA972

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

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