#AA9038#AA9038

#AA9038 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.288; OKLCH L 66.0% C 0.111 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9038
RGB	rgb(170, 144, 56)
HSL	hsl(46, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.3%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.59, -0.35, 48.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.59, 48.77, 90.42°)
OKLab	oklab(66.02% -0.0049 0.1104)
OKLCH	oklch(66.02% 0.111 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.2660, 28.7796, 7.8595)
Luminance	0.2878 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9038 #3852AA

analogous

#AA5738 #AA9038 #8BAA38

triadic

#AA9038 #38AA90 #9038AA

tetradic

#AA9038 #38AA57 #3852AA #AA388B

square

#AA9038 #38AA57 #3852AA #AA388B

split-complementary

#AA9038 #388BAA #5738AA

monochromatic

#4E421A #7C6929 #AA9038 #C8AE57 #D7C485

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.11

#AA9038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.76

#AA9038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9038

6.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9038	1.00	3.11	6.76	6.76
#FFFFFF	3.11	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8E2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7857D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#929292

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 144, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.0% 0.111 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b073',
    500: '#aa9038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9038;
$custom-light: #c7b073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 144,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.316,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66018,
    "c": 0.11055,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9038

secondary

#7D8CC1

accent

#6EDA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9038

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

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