#AAAD79#AAAD79

#AAAD79 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.398; OKLCH L 73.2% C 0.071 H 110.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAD79
RGB	rgb(170, 173, 121)
HSL	hsl(63, 24%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(63, 30%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.7%, 0%, 30.1%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.34, -9.54, 26.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.34, 28.11, 109.85°)
OKLab	oklab(73.23% -0.0251 0.066)
OKLCH	oklch(73.23% 0.071 110.8)
XYZ	xyz(34.9724, 39.8141, 23.9280)
Luminance	0.3981 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAD79 #7C79AD

analogous

#AD9679 #AAAD79 #90AD79

triadic

#AAAD79 #79AAAD #AD79AA

tetradic

#AAAD79 #79AD96 #7C79AD #AD7990

square

#AAAD79 #79AD96 #7C79AD #AD7990

split-complementary

#AAAD79 #7990AD #9679AD

monochromatic

#686A41 #8D9058 #AAAD79 #C2C49F #DADBC5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AAAD79 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.96

#AAAD79 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAD79

8.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAD79	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAD79	1.00	2.34	8.96	8.96
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A875

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5AA7B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B1A79F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaad79;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 173, 121);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.2% 0.071 110.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c5a0',
    500: '#aaad79',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaad79;
$custom-light: #c4c5a0;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaad79",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 121
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.462,
    "s": 24.074,
    "l": 57.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73229,
    "c": 0.07064,
    "h": 110.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39814
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAD79

secondary

#B8B6CB

accent

#67C16C

background

#FCFCF9

surface

#F8F8F2

border

#D1D1CC

text

#12120E

muted

#81817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAD79

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

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