#AA9427#AA9427

#AA9427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.7% C 0.125 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9427
RGB	rgb(170, 148, 39)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.55, -3.41, 56.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.55, 56.71, 93.44°)
OKLab	oklab(66.74% -0.0155 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(66.74% 0.125 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(27.5351, 29.8738, 6.2349)
Luminance	0.2987 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9427 #273DAA

analogous

#AA5327 #AA9427 #7EAA27

triadic

#AA9427 #27AA94 #9427AA

tetradic

#AA9427 #27AA53 #273DAA #AA277E

square

#AA9427 #27AA53 #273DAA #AA277E

split-complementary

#AA9427 #277EAA #5327AA

monochromatic

#463D10 #78691C #AA9427 #D2B93C #DECB6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#AA9427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.97

#AA9427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9427

6.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9427	1.00	3.01	6.97	6.97
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49011

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9982E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8887F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 148, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.7% 0.125 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b36a',
    500: '#aa9427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9427;
$custom-light: #c7b36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.924,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66737,
    "c": 0.12484,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.29872
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9427

secondary

#6978C4

accent

#5EE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EB

border

#D2CFC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9427

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

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