#AA9436#AA9436

#AA9436 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.115 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9436
RGB	rgb(170, 148, 54)
HSL	hsl(49, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.65, -2.66, 50.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.65, 50.84, 92.99°)
OKLab	oklab(66.85% -0.0117 0.1143)
OKLCH	oklch(66.85% 0.115 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(27.8347, 29.9936, 7.8125)
Luminance	0.2999 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9436 #364CAA

analogous

#AA5A36 #AA9436 #86AA36

triadic

#AA9436 #36AA94 #9436AA

tetradic

#AA9436 #36AA5A #364CAA #AA3686

square

#AA9436 #36AA5A #364CAA #AA3686

split-complementary

#AA9436 #3686AA #5A36AA

monochromatic

#4D4318 #7C6C27 #AA9436 #C9B354 #D8C783

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#AA9436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#AA9436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9436

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9436	1.00	3.00	7.00	7.00
#FFFFFF	3.00	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A3912A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 148, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.115 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b372',
    500: '#aa9436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9436;
$custom-light: #c7b372;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.621,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66852,
    "c": 0.11494,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.29992
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9436

secondary

#7B88C1

accent

#68DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9436

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

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