#AAA999#AAA999

#AAA999 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.023 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA999
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 153)
HSL	hsl(56, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(56, 10%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 10%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.91, -2.52, 8.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.91, 8.76, 106.72°)
OKLab	oklab(73.11% -0.0055 0.0219)
OKLCH	oklch(73.11% 0.023 104)
XYZ	xyz(36.5146, 39.2221, 35.7778)
Luminance	0.3922 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA999 #999AAA

analogous

#AAA099 #AAA999 #A2AA99

triadic

#AAA999 #99AAA9 #A999AA

tetradic

#AAA999 #99AAA0 #999AAA #AA99A2

square

#AAA999 #99AAA0 #999AAA #AA99A2

split-complementary

#AAA999 #99A2AA #A099AA

monochromatic

#6D6C5B #8E8D78 #AAA999 #C6C5BA #E2E1DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAA999 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.84

#AAA999 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA999

8.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA999	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA999	1.00	2.37	8.84	8.84
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA7A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa999;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.023 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2b7',
    500: '#aaa999',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa999;
$custom-light: #c3c2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa999",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7311,
    "c": 0.02253,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.39222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA999

secondary

#CCCDD2

accent

#569352

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA999

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

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