#AAA979#AAA979

#AAA979 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.065 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA979
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 121)
HSL	hsl(59, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 28.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.24, -7.43, 24.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.24, 26.06, 106.56°)
OKLab	oklab(72.36% -0.019 0.0626)
OKLCH	oklch(72.36% 0.065 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.2168, 38.3030, 23.6762)
Luminance	0.3830 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA979 #797AAA

analogous

#AA9179 #AAA979 #93AA79

triadic

#AAA979 #79AAA9 #A979AA

tetradic

#AAA979 #79AA91 #797AAA #AA7993

square

#AAA979 #79AA91 #797AAA #AA7993

split-complementary

#AAA979 #7993AA #9179AA

monochromatic

#676641 #8D8C59 #AAA979 #C2C19E #DAD9C4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AAA979 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#AAA979 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA979

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA979	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA979	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	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)

#B1A576

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A77B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A39C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa979;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.065 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2a0',
    500: '#aaa979',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa979;
$custom-light: #c4c2a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa979",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.776,
    "s": 22.374,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72361,
    "c": 0.0654,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38302
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA979

secondary

#B5B6C9

accent

#6BBF69

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA979

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

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