#AAA99B#AAA99B

#AAA99B is a light, near-neutral yellow. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.020 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA99B
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 155)
HSL	hsl(56, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 8.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.96, -2.18, 7.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.96, 7.67, 106.48°)
OKLab	oklab(73.16% -0.0046 0.0192)
OKLCH	oklch(73.16% 0.02 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(36.6812, 39.2888, 36.6551)
Luminance	0.3929 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA99B #9B9CAA

analogous

#AAA19B #AAA99B #A3AA9B

triadic

#AAA99B #9BAAA9 #A99BAA

tetradic

#AAA99B #9BAAA1 #9B9CAA #AA9BA3

square

#AAA99B #9BAAA1 #9B9CAA #AA9BA3

split-complementary

#AAA99B #9BA3AA #A19BAA

monochromatic

#6E6C5D #8E8D7A #AAA99B #C6C5BC #E2E2DD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAA99B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#AAA99B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA99B

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA99B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA99B	1.00	2.37	8.86	8.86
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ACA89A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa99b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 155);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.020 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2b8',
    500: '#aaa99b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa99b;
$custom-light: #c3c2b8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa99b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 155
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 8.108,
    "l": 63.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73164,
    "c": 0.01976,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA99B

secondary

#CECED3

accent

#589253

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA99B

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

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