#AA9028#AA9028

#AA9028 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.286; OKLCH L 65.9% C 0.121 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9028
RGB	rgb(170, 144, 40)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 76.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.47, -1.19, 55.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.47, 55.25, 91.23°)
OKLab	oklab(65.89% -0.0091 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(65.89% 0.122 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.9353, 28.6473, 6.1178)
Luminance	0.2865 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9028 #2842AA

analogous

#AA4F28 #AA9028 #83AA28

triadic

#AA9028 #28AA90 #9028AA

tetradic

#AA9028 #28AA4F #2842AA #AA2883

square

#AA9028 #28AA4F #2842AA #AA2883

split-complementary

#AA9028 #2883AA #4F28AA

monochromatic

#473C11 #78661C #AA9028 #D2B43E #DDC76F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.12

#AA9028 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.73

#AA9028 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9028

6.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9028	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9028	1.00	3.12	6.73	6.73
#FFFFFF	3.12	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A08D15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6952E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9028;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 144, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.9% 0.121 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b06a',
    500: '#aa9028',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9028;
$custom-light: #c7b06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9028",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65888,
    "c": 0.1215,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28646
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9028

secondary

#6A7CC4

accent

#63E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9028

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

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