#AAA997#AAA997

#AAA997 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.025 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA997
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 151)
HSL	hsl(57, 10%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(57, 11%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 11.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -2.86, 9.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 9.85, 106.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.06% -0.0063 0.0245)
OKLCH	oklch(73.06% 0.025 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.3508, 39.1566, 34.9151)
Luminance	0.3916 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA997 #9798AA

analogous

#AA9F97 #AAA997 #A1AA97

triadic

#AAA997 #97AAA9 #A997AA

tetradic

#AAA997 #97AA9F #9798AA #AA97A1

square

#AAA997 #97AA9F #9798AA #AA97A1

split-complementary

#AAA997 #97A1AA #9F97AA

monochromatic

#6D6C59 #8E8D75 #AAA997 #C6C5B9 #E1E1DA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAA997 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#AAA997 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA997

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA997	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA997	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA796

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA898

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA6A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa997;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 151);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.025 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2b5',
    500: '#aaa997',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa997;
$custom-light: #c3c2b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa997",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 151
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 10.053,
    "l": 62.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73057,
    "c": 0.02531,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.39156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA997

secondary

#CBCBD2

accent

#559451

background

#FCFBFB

surface

#F8F7F6

border

#D1D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA997

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

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