#AAAE87#AAAE87

#AAAE87 is a light, muted yellow. Relative luminance 0.406; OKLCH L 73.7% C 0.054 H 112.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAE87
RGB	rgb(170, 174, 135)
HSL	hsl(66, 19%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(66, 22%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 22.4%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.87, -8.08, 19.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.87, 21.21, 112.41°)
OKLab	oklab(73.74% -0.0206 0.0498)
OKLCH	oklch(73.74% 0.054 112.5)
XYZ	xyz(36.0865, 40.5677, 28.8463)
Luminance	0.4057 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAE87 #8B87AE

analogous

#AE9E87 #AAAE87 #96AE87

triadic

#AAAE87 #87AAAE #AE87AA

tetradic

#AAAE87 #87AE9E #8B87AE #AE8796

square

#AAAE87 #87AE9E #8B87AE #AE8796

split-complementary

#AAAE87 #8796AE #9E87AE

monochromatic

#6C6F4B #8F9464 #AAAE87 #C4C7AC #DEDFD0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.30

#AAAE87 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.11

#AAAE87 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAE87

9.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAE87	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAE87	1.00	2.30	9.11	9.11
#FFFFFF	2.30	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)

#B4AA85

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4AB88

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#AFA9A3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaae87;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 174, 135);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.7% 0.054 112.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3c6aa',
    500: '#aaae87',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaae87;
$custom-light: #c3c6aa;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaae87",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 135
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 66.154,
    "s": 19.403,
    "l": 60.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73739,
    "c": 0.05394,
    "h": 112.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.40567
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAE87

secondary

#C3C1D0

accent

#489E51

background

#FCFCFA

surface

#F8F8F4

border

#D1D1CE

text

#121310

muted

#81827F

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAE87

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

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