#AA9233#AA9233

#AA9233 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.293; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.116 H 94.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9233
RGB	rgb(170, 146, 51)
HSL	hsl(48, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(48, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 70%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.08, -1.74, 51.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.08, 51.50, 91.93°)
OKLab	oklab(66.4% -0.0095 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(66.4% 0.116 94.7)
XYZ	xyz(27.4554, 29.3443, 7.3492)
Luminance	0.2934 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9233 #334BAA

analogous

#AA5633 #AA9233 #86AA33

triadic

#AA9233 #33AA92 #9233AA

tetradic

#AA9233 #33AA56 #334BAA #AA3386

square

#AA9233 #33AA56 #334BAA #AA3386

split-complementary

#AA9233 #3386AA #5633AA

monochromatic

#4C4117 #7B6A25 #AA9233 #CAB250 #D9C67F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#AA9233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#AA9233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9233

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9233	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)

#A18F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A79738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 146, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.116 94.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b170',
    500: '#aa9233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9233;
$custom-light: #c7b170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.899,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66398,
    "c": 0.11569,
    "h": 94.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.29343
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9233

secondary

#7786C2

accent

#68DD4B

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9233

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

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