#AAA996#AAA996

#AAA996 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.027 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA996
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 150)
HSL	hsl(57, 11%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 12%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 11.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.84, -3.03, 9.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.84, 10.39, 106.94°)
OKLab	oklab(73.03% -0.0067 0.0258)
OKLCH	oklch(73.03% 0.027 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.2700, 39.1243, 34.4893)
Luminance	0.3912 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA996 #9697AA

analogous

#AA9F96 #AAA996 #A1AA96

triadic

#AAA996 #96AAA9 #A996AA

tetradic

#AAA996 #96AA9F #9697AA #AA96A1

square

#AAA996 #96AA9F #9697AA #AA96A1

split-complementary

#AAA996 #96A1AA #9F96AA

monochromatic

#6D6C58 #8F8D74 #AAA996 #C5C5B8 #E1E0DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAA996 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#AAA996 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA996

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA996	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA996	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA795

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA897

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa996;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.027 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2b4',
    500: '#aaa996',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa996;
$custom-light: #c3c2b4;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa996",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57,
    "s": 10.526,
    "l": 62.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73031,
    "c": 0.02669,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39124
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA996

secondary

#CACBD2

accent

#549551

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA996

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

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