#AAAA8A#AAAA8A

#AAAA8A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.9% C 0.044 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAA8A
RGB	rgb(170, 170, 138)
HSL	hsl(60, 16%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(60, 19%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 18.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -5.50, 16.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 17.44, 108.39°)
OKLab	oklab(72.95% -0.0133 0.0424)
OKLCH	oklch(72.95% 0.044 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(35.5395, 39.1309, 29.7206)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAA8A #8A8AAA

analogous

#AA9A8A #AAAA8A #9AAA8A

triadic

#AAAA8A #8AAAAA #AA8AAA

tetradic

#AAAA8A #8AAA9A #8A8AAA #AA8A9A

square

#AAAA8A #8AAA9A #8A8AAA #AA8A9A

split-complementary

#AAAA8A #8A9AAA #9A8AAA

monochromatic

#6C6C4E #8F8F68 #AAAA8A #C4C4AD #DEDED1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#AAAA8A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#AAAA8A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAA8A

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAA8A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAA8A	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B0A788

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A98B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA6A1

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaa8a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 170, 138);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.9% 0.044 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c3ac',
    500: '#aaaa8a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaa8a;
$custom-light: #c3c3ac;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaa8a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 138
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 15.842,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72947,
    "c": 0.0444,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAA8A

secondary

#C2C2CE

accent

#4B9A4B

background

#FCFBFA

surface

#F8F7F4

border

#D1D0CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAA8A

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

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