#AAA97B#AAA97B

#AAA97B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.063 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA97B
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 123)
HSL	hsl(59, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(59, 28%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 27.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.28, -7.16, 23.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.28, 24.99, 106.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.4% -0.0182 0.0602)
OKLCH	oklch(72.4% 0.063 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.3408, 38.3526, 24.3288)
Luminance	0.3835 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA97B #7B7CAA

analogous

#AA917B #AAA97B #94AA7B

triadic

#AAA97B #7BAAA9 #A97BAA

tetradic

#AAA97B #7BAA91 #7B7CAA #AA7B94

square

#AAA97B #7BAA91 #7B7CAA #AA7B94

split-complementary

#AAA97B #7B94AA #917BAA

monochromatic

#686743 #8D8C5B #AAA97B #C2C1A0 #DADAC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AAA97B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#AAA97B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA97B

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA97B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA97B	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A578

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A77D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa97b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 123);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.063 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2a1',
    500: '#aaa97b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa97b;
$custom-light: #c4c2a1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa97b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 123
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.723,
    "s": 21.659,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72402,
    "c": 0.06284,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38352
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA97B

secondary

#B7B7CA

accent

#6BBE6A

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120F

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA97B

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

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