#AAAE86#AAAE86

#AAAE86 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.405; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.055 H 112.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE86
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 134)
HSL	hsl(66, 20%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(66, 23%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 23%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.85, -8.23, 20.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.85, 21.74, 112.26°)
OKLab	oklab(73.72% -0.021 0.0511)
OKLCH	oklch(73.72% 0.055 112.4)
XYZ	xyz(36.0165, 40.5397, 28.4772)
Luminance	0.4054 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE86 #8A86AE

analogous

#AE9E86 #AAAE86 #96AE86

triadic

#AAAE86 #86AAAE #AE86AA

tetradic

#AAAE86 #86AE9E #8A86AE #AE8696

square

#AAAE86 #86AE9E #8A86AE #AE8696

split-complementary

#AAAE86 #8696AE #9E86AE

monochromatic

#6C6F4A #8F9463 #AAAE86 #C4C7AB #DEDFCF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.31

#AAAE86 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#AAAE86 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE86

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE86	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE86	1.00	2.31	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.31	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4AA84

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AB88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae86;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 134);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.055 112.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6a9',
    500: '#aaae86',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae86;
$custom-light: #c3c6a9;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae86",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 134
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66,
    "s": 19.802,
    "l": 60.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73717,
    "c": 0.05526,
    "h": 112.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.40539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE86

secondary

#C2C0D0

accent

#479E50

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#121310

muted

#81827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE86

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

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