#AAAA79#AAAA79

#AAAA79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.387; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.067 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAA79
RGB	rgb(170, 170, 121)
HSL	hsl(60, 22%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(60, 29%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 28.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.52, -7.96, 25.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.52, 26.57, 107.43°)
OKLab	oklab(72.58% -0.0205 0.0634)
OKLCH	oklch(72.58% 0.067 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.4036, 38.6765, 23.7384)
Luminance	0.3868 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAA79 #7979AA

analogous

#AA9279 #AAAA79 #92AA79

triadic

#AAAA79 #79AAAA #AA79AA

tetradic

#AAAA79 #79AA92 #7979AA #AA7992

square

#AAAA79 #79AA92 #7979AA #AA7992

split-complementary

#AAAA79 #7992AA #9279AA

monochromatic

#676741 #8D8D59 #AAAA79 #C2C29E #DADAC4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#AAAA79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.74

#AAAA79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAA79

8.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAA79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAA79	1.00	2.40	8.74	8.74
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B2A676

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A87B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A49D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaa79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 170, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.067 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c3a0',
    500: '#aaaa79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaa79;
$custom-light: #c4c3a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaa79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 22.374,
    "l": 57.059
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72578,
    "c": 0.06669,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.38676
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAA79

secondary

#B5B5C9

accent

#69BF69

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F7F2

border

#D1D0CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAA79

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

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