#AAAC79#AAAC79

#AAAC79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.394; OKLCH L 73.0% C 0.069 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAC79
RGB	rgb(170, 172, 121)
HSL	hsl(62, 24%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(62, 30%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 29.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.06, -9.02, 26.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.06, 27.59, 109.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.01% -0.0236 0.0652)
OKLCH	oklch(73.01% 0.069 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(34.7814, 39.4321, 23.8643)
Luminance	0.3943 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAC79 #7B79AC

analogous

#AC9579 #AAAC79 #91AC79

triadic

#AAAC79 #79AAAC #AC79AA

tetradic

#AAAC79 #79AC95 #7B79AC #AC7991

square

#AAAC79 #79AC95 #7B79AC #AC7991

split-complementary

#AAAC79 #7991AC #9579AC

monochromatic

#686941 #8D8F59 #AAAC79 #C2C39F #DADBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.36

#AAAC79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.89

#AAAC79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAC79

8.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAC79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAC79	1.00	2.36	8.89	8.89
#FFFFFF	2.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A876

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A97B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A69F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaac79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 172, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.0% 0.069 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c4a0',
    500: '#aaac79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaac79;
$custom-light: #c4c4a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaac79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.353,
    "s": 23.502,
    "l": 57.451
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73012,
    "c": 0.0693,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.39432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAC79

secondary

#B7B6CB

accent

#68C06B

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAC79

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

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