#AAA973#AAA973

#AAA973 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.382; OKLCH L 72.2% C 0.073 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA973
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 115)
HSL	hsl(59, 24%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(59, 32%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 32.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.14, -8.22, 28.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.14, 29.25, 106.32°)
OKLab	oklab(72.24% -0.0216 0.0697)
OKLCH	oklch(72.24% 0.073 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(33.8603, 38.1604, 21.7983)
Luminance	0.3816 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA973 #7374AA

analogous

#AA8D73 #AAA973 #8FAA73

triadic

#AAA973 #73AAA9 #A973AA

tetradic

#AAA973 #73AA8D #7374AA #AA738F

square

#AAA973 #73AA8D #7374AA #AA738F

split-complementary

#AAA973 #738FAA #8D73AA

monochromatic

#65643D #8B8A55 #AAA973 #C1C099 #D8D8BF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AAA973 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.63

#AAA973 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA973

8.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA973	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA973	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)

#B2A56F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A775

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2A29B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa973;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 115);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.2% 0.073 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c29c',
    500: '#aaa973',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa973;
$custom-light: #c4c29c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa973",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 115
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.909,
    "s": 24.444,
    "l": 55.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72244,
    "c": 0.07296,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3816
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA973

secondary

#B1B1C8

accent

#69C167

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#13120E

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA973

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

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