#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
RGBrgb(170, 146, 54)
HSLhsl(48, 52%, 44%)
HSVhsv(48, 68%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 14.1%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LABlab(61.11, -1.57, 50.21)
CIE-LCHlch(61.11, 50.23, 91.79°)
OKLaboklab(66.43% -0.0086 0.1131)
OKLCHoklch(66.43% 0.113 94.4)
XYZxyz(27.5237, 29.3716, 7.7089)
Luminance0.2937 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##AA92361.003.056.876.87
#FFFFFF3.051.0021.0021.00
#0000006.8721.001.001.00
##0000006.8721.001.001.00

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

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#AA9236 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva