#AA9235#AA9235

#AA9235 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.114 H 94.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9235
RGB	rgb(170, 146, 53)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 68.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.10, -1.63, 50.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.10, 50.66, 91.84°)
OKLab	oklab(66.42% -0.0089 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(66.42% 0.114 94.5)
XYZ	xyz(27.5004, 29.3623, 7.5865)
Luminance	0.2936 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9235 #354DAA

analogous

#AA5735 #AA9235 #87AA35

triadic

#AA9235 #35AA92 #9235AA

tetradic

#AA9235 #35AA57 #354DAA #AA3587

square

#AA9235 #35AA57 #354DAA #AA3587

split-complementary

#AA9235 #3587AA #5735AA

monochromatic

#4D4218 #7B6A26 #AA9235 #C9B153 #D8C682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.06

#AA9235 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#AA9235 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9235

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9235	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9235	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)

#A18F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9235;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 146, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.114 94.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b171',
    500: '#aa9235',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9235;
$custom-light: #c7b171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9235",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.692,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66416,
    "c": 0.11422,
    "h": 94.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.29361
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9235

secondary

#7A88C1

accent

#69DC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9235

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

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