#AAAC8E#AAAC8E

#AAAC8E is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.400; OKLCH L 73.5% C 0.042 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAC8E
RGB	rgb(170, 172, 142)
HSL	hsl(64, 15%, 62%)
HSV	hsv(64, 17%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 17.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.47, -5.94, 15.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.47, 16.35, 111.32°)
OKLab	oklab(73.47% -0.0146 0.0391)
OKLCH	oklch(73.47% 0.042 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.2122, 40.0044, 31.3999)
Luminance	0.4000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAC8E #908EAC

analogous

#AC9F8E #AAAC8E #9BAC8E

triadic

#AAAC8E #8EAAAC #AC8EAA

tetradic

#AAAC8E #8EAC9F #908EAC #AC8E9B

square

#AAAC8E #8EAC9F #908EAC #AC8E9B

split-complementary

#AAAC8E #8E9BAC #9F8EAC

monochromatic

#6D6E51 #8F926B #AAAC8E #C5C6B1 #DFE0D5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.33

#AAAC8E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.00

#AAAC8E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAC8E

9.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAC8E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAC8E	1.00	2.33	9.00	9.00
#FFFFFF	2.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B1A98C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1AA8F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AEA8A4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AAAAAA

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaac8e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 172, 142);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.5% 0.042 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c4af',
    500: '#aaac8e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaac8e;
$custom-light: #c3c4af;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaac8e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 142
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 64,
    "s": 15.306,
    "l": 61.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73471,
    "c": 0.04176,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAC8E

secondary

#C6C5D0

accent

#4C9A51

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#121210

muted

#81817F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAC8E

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

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