#AAA987#AAA987

#AAA987 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.7% C 0.047 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA987
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 135)
HSL	hsl(58, 17%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(58, 21%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 20.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.51, -5.42, 17.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.51, 18.54, 107.01°)
OKLab	oklab(72.66% -0.0131 0.0453)
OKLCH	oklch(72.66% 0.047 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(35.1385, 38.6717, 28.5303)
Luminance	0.3867 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA987 #8788AA

analogous

#AA9887 #AAA987 #9AAA87

triadic

#AAA987 #87AAA9 #A987AA

tetradic

#AAA987 #87AA98 #8788AA #AA879A

square

#AAA987 #87AA98 #8788AA #AA879A

split-complementary

#AAA987 #879AAA #9887AA

monochromatic

#6B6A4C #8F8E65 #AAA987 #C3C3AB #DDDCCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AAA987 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.73

#AAA987 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA987

8.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA987	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA987	1.00	2.40	8.73	8.73
#FFFFFF	2.40	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)

#AFA685

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A888

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA4A0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa987;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.7% 0.047 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2aa',
    500: '#aaa987',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa987;
$custom-light: #c3c2aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa987",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.286,
    "s": 17.073,
    "l": 59.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72663,
    "c": 0.0471,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.38671
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA987

secondary

#C0C0CD

accent

#70BA6E

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA987

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

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