#AAA99C#AAA99C

#AAA99C is a light, near-neutral grey. Relative luminance 0.393; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.018 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAA99C
RGB	rgb(170, 169, 156)
HSL	hsl(56, 8%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(56, 8%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 8.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.98, -2.00, 6.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.98, 7.12, 106.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.19% -0.0042 0.0179)
OKLCH	oklch(73.19% 0.018 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(36.7655, 39.3225, 37.0992)
Luminance	0.3932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	grey

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAA99C #9C9DAA

analogous

#AAA29C #AAA99C #A4AA9C

triadic

#AAA99C #9CAAA9 #A99CAA

tetradic

#AAA99C #9CAAA2 #9C9DAA #AA9CA4

square

#AAA99C #9CAAA2 #9C9DAA #AA9CA4

split-complementary

#AAA99C #9CA4AA #A29CAA

monochromatic

#6E6C5E #8E8C7B #AAA99C #C6C6BD #E3E2DE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#AAA99C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.86

#AAA99C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAA99C

8.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAA99C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAA99C	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)

#ACA89B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ACA99C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ACA7A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaa99c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 169, 156);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.018 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c2b9',
    500: '#aaa99c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaa99c;
$custom-light: #c3c2b9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaa99c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 156
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 7.609,
    "l": 63.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73191,
    "c": 0.01836,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.39322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAA99C

secondary

#CECFD3

accent

#589254

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAA99C

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

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