#AAA991#AAA991

#AAA991 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.390; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.034 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA991
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 145)
HSL	hsl(58, 13%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(58, 15%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 14.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.73, -3.86, 12.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.73, 13.12, 107.09°)
OKLab	oklab(72.9% -0.0088 0.0324)
OKLCH	oklch(72.9% 0.034 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(35.8759, 38.9666, 32.4139)
Luminance	0.3897 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA991 #9192AA

analogous

#AA9D91 #AAA991 #9FAA91

triadic

#AAA991 #91AAA9 #A991AA

tetradic

#AAA991 #91AA9D #9192AA #AA919F

square

#AAA991 #91AA9D #9192AA #AA919F

split-complementary

#AAA991 #919FAA #9D91AA

monochromatic

#6D6C54 #8F8E6F #AAA991 #C5C4B4 #DFDFD6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.39

#AAA991 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.79

#AAA991 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA991

8.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA991	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA991	1.00	2.39	8.79	8.79
#FFFFFF	2.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AEA790

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA892

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA6A2

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa991;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 145);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.034 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2b1',
    500: '#aaa991',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa991;
$custom-light: #c3c2b1;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa991",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 145
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.6,
    "s": 12.821,
    "l": 61.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72903,
    "c": 0.03357,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.38966
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA991

secondary

#C7C7D0

accent

#51974F

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F5

border

#D1D0CF

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA991

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

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