#AA9230#AA9230

#AA9230 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.118 H 95.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9230
RGB	rgb(170, 146, 48)
HSL	hsl(48, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 71.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.06, -1.90, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.06, 52.73, 92.06°)
OKLab	oklab(66.37% -0.0103 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(66.37% 0.118 95)
XYZ	xyz(27.3913, 29.3187, 7.0120)
Luminance	0.2932 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9230 #3048AA

analogous

#AA5530 #AA9230 #85AA30

triadic

#AA9230 #30AA92 #9230AA

tetradic

#AA9230 #30AA55 #3048AA #AA3085

square

#AA9230 #30AA55 #3048AA #AA3085

split-complementary

#AA9230 #3085AA #5530AA

monochromatic

#4B4015 #7A6923 #AA9230 #CCB34B #DAC77B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#AA9230 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.86

#AA9230 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9230

6.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9230	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9230	1.00	3.06	6.86	6.86
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9230;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 146, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.118 95.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b16e',
    500: '#aa9230',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9230;
$custom-light: #c7b16e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9230",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.197,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66373,
    "c": 0.11779,
    "h": 95
  },
  "luminance": 0.29317
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9230

secondary

#7483C2

accent

#66DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#141008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9230

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

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