#AAA99A#AAA99A

#AAA99A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.021 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA99A
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 154)
HSL	hsl(56, 9%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 9.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.94, -2.35, 7.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.94, 8.21, 106.61°)
OKLab	oklab(73.14% -0.005 0.0205)
OKLCH	oklch(73.14% 0.021 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(36.5976, 39.2553, 36.2146)
Luminance	0.3926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA99A #9A9BAA

analogous

#AAA19A #AAA99A #A3AA9A

triadic

#AAA99A #9AAAA9 #A99AAA

tetradic

#AAA99A #9AAAA1 #9A9BAA #AA9AA3

square

#AAA99A #9AAAA1 #9A9BAA #AA9AA3

split-complementary

#AAA99A #9AA3AA #A19AAA

monochromatic

#6D6C5C #8E8D79 #AAA99A #C6C5BB #E2E2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAA99A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#AAA99A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA99A

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA99A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA99A	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa99a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.021 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2b7',
    500: '#aaa99a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa99a;
$custom-light: #c3c2b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa99a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 8.602,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73137,
    "c": 0.02115,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA99A

secondary

#CDCDD3

accent

#579353

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA99A

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

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