#AAA978#AAA978

#AAA978 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.067 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA978
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 120)
HSL	hsl(59, 23%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 29.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.23, -7.56, 25.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.23, 26.59, 106.52°)
OKLab	oklab(72.34% -0.0195 0.0638)
OKLCH	oklch(72.34% 0.067 107)
XYZ	xyz(34.1558, 38.2786, 23.3549)
Luminance	0.3828 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA978 #7879AA

analogous

#AA9078 #AAA978 #92AA78

triadic

#AAA978 #78AAA9 #A978AA

tetradic

#AAA978 #78AA90 #7879AA #AA7892

square

#AAA978 #78AA90 #7879AA #AA7892

split-complementary

#AAA978 #7892AA #9078AA

monochromatic

#676641 #8C8B58 #AAA978 #C2C19E #D9D9C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.43

#AAA978 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#AAA978 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA978

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA978	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA978	1.00	2.43	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.43	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A575

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A77A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa978;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 120);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.067 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c29f',
    500: '#aaa978',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa978;
$custom-light: #c4c29f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa978",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 120
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.8,
    "s": 22.727,
    "l": 56.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72341,
    "c": 0.06667,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.38278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA978

secondary

#B5B5C9

accent

#6ABF69

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA978

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

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