#AAAA99#AAAA99

#AAAA99 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.024 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.92:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAA99
RGB	rgb(170, 170, 153)
HSL	hsl(60, 9%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(60, 10%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 10%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.18, -3.06, 8.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.18, 9.29, 109.23°)
OKLab	oklab(73.32% -0.007 0.0228)
OKLCH	oklch(73.32% 0.024 107)
XYZ	xyz(36.7014, 39.5956, 35.8401)
Luminance	0.3960 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAA99 #9999AA

analogous

#AAA199 #AAAA99 #A1AA99

triadic

#AAAA99 #99AAAA #AA99AA

tetradic

#AAAA99 #99AAA1 #9999AA #AA99A1

square

#AAAA99 #99AAA1 #9999AA #AA99A1

split-complementary

#AAAA99 #99A1AA #A199AA

monochromatic

#6D6D5B #8E8E78 #AAAA99 #C6C6BA #E2E2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AAAA99 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.92

#AAAA99 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAA99

8.92:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAA99	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAA99	1.00	2.35	8.92	8.92
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.92	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA898

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA99A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaa99;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 170, 153);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.024 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c3b7',
    500: '#aaaa99',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaa99;
$custom-light: #c3c3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaa99",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 153
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 9.091,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73322,
    "c": 0.02388,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.39595
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAA99

secondary

#CCCCD2

accent

#529352

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAA99

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

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