#AA9231#AA9231

#AA9231 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.117 H 94.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9231
RGB	rgb(170, 146, 49)
HSL	hsl(48, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 71.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.07, -1.85, 52.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.07, 52.33, 92.02°)
OKLab	oklab(66.38% -0.01 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(66.38% 0.117 94.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.4122, 29.3270, 7.1220)
Luminance	0.2933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9231 #3149AA

analogous

#AA5531 #AA9231 #85AA31

triadic

#AA9231 #31AA92 #9231AA

tetradic

#AA9231 #31AA55 #3149AA #AA3185

square

#AA9231 #31AA55 #3149AA #AA3185

split-complementary

#AA9231 #3185AA #5531AA

monochromatic

#4B4016 #7A6923 #AA9231 #CCB24D #D9C77C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#AA9231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#AA9231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9231

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9231	1.00	3.06	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.06	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8877E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 146, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.117 94.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b16f',
    500: '#aa9231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9231;
$custom-light: #c7b16f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.099,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66381,
    "c": 0.1171,
    "h": 94.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9231

secondary

#7584C2

accent

#67DF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9231

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

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