#AA942E#AA942E

#AA942E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.299; OKLCH L 66.8% C 0.121 H 96.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA942E
RGB	rgb(170, 148, 46)
HSL	hsl(49, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(49, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.59, -3.09, 54.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.59, 54.11, 93.27°)
OKLab	oklab(66.79% -0.0139 0.1198)
OKLCH	oklch(66.79% 0.121 96.6)
XYZ	xyz(27.6620, 29.9246, 6.9032)
Luminance	0.2992 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA942E #2E44AA

analogous

#AA562E #AA942E #82AA2E

triadic

#AA942E #2EAA94 #942EAA

tetradic

#AA942E #2EAA56 #2E44AA #AA2E82

square

#AA942E #2EAA56 #2E44AA #AA2E82

split-complementary

#AA942E #2E82AA #562EAA

monochromatic

#4A4014 #7A6A21 #AA942E #CDB648 #DAC978

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.01

#AA942E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.98

#AA942E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA942E

6.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA942E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA942E	1.00	3.01	6.98	6.98
#FFFFFF	3.01	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3911E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88880

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa942e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 148, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.8% 0.121 96.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b36e',
    500: '#aa942e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa942e;
$custom-light: #c7b36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa942e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.355,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66786,
    "c": 0.12057,
    "h": 96.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.29923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA942E

secondary

#7180C3

accent

#62E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F5EC

border

#D2CFC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA942E

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

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