#AAA97C#AAA97C

#AAA97C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.4% C 0.062 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA97C
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 124)
HSL	hsl(59, 21%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(59, 27%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 27.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -7.02, 23.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 24.46, 106.67°)
OKLab	oklab(72.42% -0.0178 0.0589)
OKLCH	oklch(72.42% 0.062 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.4037, 38.3777, 24.6602)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA97C #7C7DAA

analogous

#AA927C #AAA97C #94AA7C

triadic

#AAA97C #7CAAA9 #A97CAA

tetradic

#AAA97C #7CAA92 #7C7DAA #AA7C94

square

#AAA97C #7CAA92 #7C7DAA #AA7C94

split-complementary

#AAA97C #7C94AA #927CAA

monochromatic

#686744 #8D8C5C #AAA97C #C2C1A1 #DADAC6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#AAA97C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#AAA97C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA97C

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA97C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA97C	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A579

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A77E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A39D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa97c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 124);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.4% 0.062 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c2a2',
    500: '#aaa97c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa97c;
$custom-light: #c4c2a2;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa97c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 124
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.696,
    "s": 21.296,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72423,
    "c": 0.06156,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38377
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA97C

secondary

#B8B8CA

accent

#6CBE6A

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F3

border

#D1D0CD

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA97C

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

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