#AA9236#AA9236

#AA9236 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.113 H 94.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9236
RGB	rgb(170, 146, 54)
HSL	hsl(48, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(48, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.11, -1.57, 50.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.11, 50.23, 91.79°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% -0.0086 0.1131)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.113 94.4)
XYZ	xyz(27.5237, 29.3716, 7.7089)
Luminance	0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9236 #364EAA

analogous

#AA5836 #AA9236 #88AA36

triadic

#AA9236 #36AA92 #9236AA

tetradic

#AA9236 #36AA58 #364EAA #AA3688

square

#AA9236 #36AA58 #364EAA #AA3688

split-complementary

#AA9236 #3688AA #5836AA

monochromatic

#4D4218 #7C6A27 #AA9236 #C9B154 #D8C683

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#AA9236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.87

#AA9236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9236

6.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9236	1.00	3.05	6.87	6.87
#FFFFFF	3.05	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)

#A18F2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 146, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.113 94.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b172',
    500: '#aa9236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9236;
$custom-light: #c7b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66425,
    "c": 0.11347,
    "h": 94.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.2937
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9236

secondary

#7B89C1

accent

#6ADB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9236

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

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