#AA9227#AA9227

#AA9227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.292; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.123 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9227
RGB	rgb(170, 146, 39)
HSL	hsl(49, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.00, -2.32, 56.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.00, 56.15, 92.37°)
OKLab	oklab(66.31% -0.0125 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(66.31% 0.123 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.2241, 29.2518, 6.1313)
Luminance	0.2925 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9227 #273FAA

analogous

#AA5127 #AA9227 #80AA27

triadic

#AA9227 #27AA92 #9227AA

tetradic

#AA9227 #27AA51 #273FAA #AA2780

square

#AA9227 #27AA51 #273FAA #AA2780

split-complementary

#AA9227 #2780AA #5127AA

monochromatic

#463C10 #78671C #AA9227 #D2B73C #DEC96E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#AA9227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#AA9227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9227

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9227	1.00	3.07	6.85	6.85
#FFFFFF	3.07	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A28F12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8867D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 146, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.123 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b16a',
    500: '#aa9227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9227;
$custom-light: #c7b16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.008,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66308,
    "c": 0.12343,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2925
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9227

secondary

#6979C4

accent

#60E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9227

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

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