#AAA98C#AAA98C

#AAA98C is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.040 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA98C
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 140)
HSL	hsl(58, 15%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(58, 18%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 17.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.62, -4.65, 15.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.62, 15.83, 107.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.78% -0.0109 0.0389)
OKLCH	oklch(72.78% 0.04 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(35.4988, 38.8158, 30.4280)
Luminance	0.3881 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA98C #8C8DAA

analogous

#AA9A8C #AAA98C #9CAA8C

triadic

#AAA98C #8CAAA9 #A98CAA

tetradic

#AAA98C #8CAA9A #8C8DAA #AA8C9C

square

#AAA98C #8CAA9A #8C8DAA #AA8C9C

split-complementary

#AAA98C #8C9CAA #9A8CAA

monochromatic

#6C6B50 #8F8E6A #AAA98C #C4C3AF #DEDED2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AAA98C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.76

#AAA98C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA98C

8.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA98C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA98C	1.00	2.40	8.76	8.76
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA78A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA88D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA5A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa98c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 140);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.040 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2ad',
    500: '#aaa98c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa98c;
$custom-light: #c3c2ad;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa98c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 140
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58,
    "s": 15,
    "l": 60.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72781,
    "c": 0.04038,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.38815
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA98C

secondary

#C3C4CF

accent

#4F994C

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA98C

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

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