#AA9237#AA9237

#AA9237 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.294; OKLCH L 66.4% C 0.113 H 94.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9237
RGB	rgb(170, 146, 55)
HSL	hsl(47, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(47, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 14.1%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.12, -1.51, 49.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.12, 49.80, 91.74°)
OKLab	oklab(66.43% -0.0083 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(66.43% 0.113 94.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5474, 29.3811, 7.8338)
Luminance	0.2938 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9237 #374FAA

analogous

#AA5937 #AA9237 #89AA37

triadic

#AA9237 #37AA92 #9237AA

tetradic

#AA9237 #37AA59 #374FAA #AA3789

square

#AA9237 #37AA59 #374FAA #AA3789

split-complementary

#AA9237 #3789AA #5937AA

monochromatic

#4E4319 #7C6A28 #AA9237 #C8B056 #D7C684

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.05

#AA9237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.88

#AA9237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9237

6.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9237	1.00	3.05	6.88	6.88
#FFFFFF	3.05	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A18F2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A7973C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7877F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#939393

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 146, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.4% 0.113 94.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b172',
    500: '#aa9237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9237;
$custom-light: #c7b172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 146,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.478,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66434,
    "c": 0.11271,
    "h": 94.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.2938
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9237

secondary

#7C8AC1

accent

#6BDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9237

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

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