#AAA981#AAA981

#AAA981 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.385; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.055 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA981
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 129)
HSL	hsl(59, 19%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(59, 24%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 24.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.39, -6.31, 20.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.39, 21.78, 106.85°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.0156 0.0528)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.055 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(34.7279, 38.5074, 26.3678)
Luminance	0.3851 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA981 #8182AA

analogous

#AA9481 #AAA981 #96AA81

triadic

#AAA981 #81AAA9 #A981AA

tetradic

#AAA981 #81AA94 #8182AA #AA8196

square

#AAA981 #81AA94 #8182AA #AA8196

split-complementary

#AAA981 #8196AA #9481AA

monochromatic

#696947 #8E8D60 #AAA981 #C3C2A6 #DBDBCA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AAA981 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.70

#AAA981 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA981

8.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA981	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA981	1.00	2.41	8.70	8.70
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A67E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A882

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A49E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa981;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.055 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2a5',
    500: '#aaa981',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa981;
$custom-light: #c3c2a5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa981",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.537,
    "s": 19.431,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72529,
    "c": 0.05505,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.38507
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA981

secondary

#BBBCCC

accent

#6EBC6C

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#12120F

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA981

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

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