#AA9228#AA9228

#AA9228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.3% C 0.123 H 95.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9228
RGB	rgb(170, 146, 40)
HSL	hsl(49, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(49, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 76.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.01, -2.28, 55.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.01, 55.80, 92.34°)
OKLab	oklab(66.32% -0.0122 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(66.32% 0.123 95.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.2409, 29.2585, 6.2197)
Luminance	0.2926 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9228 #2840AA

analogous

#AA5128 #AA9228 #81AA28

triadic

#AA9228 #28AA92 #9228AA

tetradic

#AA9228 #28AA51 #2840AA #AA2881

square

#AA9228 #28AA51 #2840AA #AA2881

split-complementary

#AA9228 #2881AA #5128AA

monochromatic

#473D11 #78671C #AA9228 #D2B63E #DDC96F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.07

#AA9228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.85

#AA9228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9228

6.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9228	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)

#A28F14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8962F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8867E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 146, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.3% 0.123 95.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b16a',
    500: '#aa9228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9228;
$custom-light: #c7b16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.923,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66315,
    "c": 0.12285,
    "h": 95.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9228

secondary

#6A7AC4

accent

#61E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9228

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

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