#AAAF56#AAAF56

#AAAF56 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.399; OKLCH L 73.1% C 0.113 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AAAF56
RGB	rgb(170, 175, 86)
HSL	hsl(63, 36%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(63, 51%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 50.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(69.38, -14.53, 44.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(69.38, 46.85, 108.07°)
OKLab	oklab(73.1% -0.042 0.1052)
OKLCH	oklch(73.1% 0.113 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(33.5879, 39.8785, 14.7303)
Luminance	0.3988 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AAAF56 #5B56AF

analogous

#AF8756 #AAAF56 #7DAF56

triadic

#AAAF56 #56AAAF #AF56AA

tetradic

#AAAF56 #56AF87 #5B56AF #AF567D

square

#AAAF56 #56AF87 #5B56AF #AF567D

split-complementary

#AAAF56 #567DAF #8756AF

monochromatic

#5B5E2D #848840 #AAAF56 #BFC380 #D4D6A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.34

#AAAF56 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.98

#AAAF56 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AAAF56

8.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AAAF56	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AAAF56	1.00	2.34	8.98	8.98
#FFFFFF	2.34	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA84E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB5B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A69B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A9A9A9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aaaf56;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 175, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.1% 0.113 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c688',
    500: '#aaaf56',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aaaf56;
$custom-light: #c5c688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aaaf56",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.371,
    "s": 35.743,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73101,
    "c": 0.11322,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.39878
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AAAF56

secondary

#9F9DC4

accent

#5CCC62

background

#FCFCF8

surface

#F8F8F0

border

#D1D1CB

text

#13130B

muted

#82827C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AAAF56

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

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