#AAAA9A#AAAA9A

#AAAA9A is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.396; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.022 H 106.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAA9A
RGB	rgb(170, 170, 154)
HSL	hsl(60, 9%, 64%)
HSV	hsv(60, 9%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 9.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.20, -2.89, 8.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.20, 8.74, 109.29°)
OKLab	oklab(73.35% -0.0065 0.0215)
OKLCH	oklch(73.35% 0.022 106.9)
XYZ	xyz(36.7843, 39.6288, 36.2769)
Luminance	0.3963 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAA9A #9A9AAA

analogous

#AAA29A #AAAA9A #A2AA9A

triadic

#AAAA9A #9AAAAA #AA9AAA

tetradic

#AAAA9A #9AAAA2 #9A9AAA #AA9AA2

square

#AAAA9A #9AAAA2 #9A9AAA #AA9AA2

split-complementary

#AAAA9A #9AA2AA #A29AAA

monochromatic

#6D6D5C #8E8E79 #AAAA9A #C6C6BB #E2E2DC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.35

#AAAA9A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.93

#AAAA9A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAA9A

8.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAA9A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAA9A	1.00	2.35	8.93	8.93
#FFFFFF	2.35	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#ADA899

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#ADA99B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#ADA8A5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaa9a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 170, 154);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.022 106.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c3b7',
    500: '#aaaa9a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaa9a;
$custom-light: #c3c3b7;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaa9a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 154
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 8.602,
    "l": 63.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73348,
    "c": 0.02249,
    "h": 106.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAA9A

secondary

#CDCDD3

accent

#539353

background

#FBFBFB

surface

#F7F7F6

border

#D0D0D0

text

#121211

muted

#818180

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAA9A

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

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