#AAA986#AAA986

#AAA986 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.386; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.048 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA986
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 134)
HSL	hsl(58, 17%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 21%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 21.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.49, -5.58, 18.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.49, 19.08, 106.99°)
OKLab	oklab(72.64% -0.0135 0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(72.64% 0.048 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.0684, 38.6437, 28.1612)
Luminance	0.3864 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA986 #8687AA

analogous

#AA9786 #AAA986 #99AA86

triadic

#AAA986 #86AAA9 #A986AA

tetradic

#AAA986 #86AA97 #8687AA #AA8699

square

#AAA986 #86AA97 #8687AA #AA8699

split-complementary

#AAA986 #8699AA #9786AA

monochromatic

#6B6A4B #8F8D64 #AAA986 #C3C3AA #DDDCCE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.41

#AAA986 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#AAA986 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA986

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA986	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA986	1.00	2.41	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AFA684

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A887

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B0A49F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa986;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.048 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2a9',
    500: '#aaa986',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa986;
$custom-light: #c3c2a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa986",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.333,
    "s": 17.476,
    "l": 59.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7264,
    "c": 0.04844,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38643
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA986

secondary

#BFBFCD

accent

#70BA6E

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA986

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

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