#AA9037#AA9037

#AA9037 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.111 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9037
RGB	rgb(170, 144, 55)
HSL	hsl(46, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.58, -0.42, 49.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.58, 49.21, 90.48°)
OKLab	oklab(66.01% -0.0052 0.1112)
OKLCH	oklch(66.01% 0.111 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2418, 28.7699, 7.7320)
Luminance	0.2877 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9037 #3751AA

analogous

#AA5737 #AA9037 #8BAA37

triadic

#AA9037 #37AA90 #9037AA

tetradic

#AA9037 #37AA57 #3751AA #AA378B

square

#AA9037 #37AA57 #3751AA #AA378B

split-complementary

#AA9037 #378BAA #5737AA

monochromatic

#4E4219 #7C6928 #AA9037 #C8AE56 #D7C484

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AA9037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.75

#AA9037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9037

6.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9037	1.00	3.11	6.75	6.75
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6953B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 144, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.111 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b072',
    500: '#aa9037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9037;
$custom-light: #c7b072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.435,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66009,
    "c": 0.11132,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28768
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9037

secondary

#7C8BC1

accent

#6DDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9037

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

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