#AA9437#AA9437

#AA9437 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.300; OKLCH L 66.9% C 0.114 H 95.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9437
RGB	rgb(170, 148, 55)
HSL	hsl(49, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(49, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.9%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.66, -2.60, 50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.66, 50.41, 92.95°)
OKLab	oklab(66.86% -0.0114 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(66.86% 0.114 95.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.8584, 30.0031, 7.9375)
Luminance	0.3000 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9437 #374DAA

analogous

#AA5B37 #AA9437 #87AA37

triadic

#AA9437 #37AA94 #9437AA

tetradic

#AA9437 #37AA5B #374DAA #AA3787

square

#AA9437 #37AA5B #374DAA #AA3787

split-complementary

#AA9437 #3787AA #5B37AA

monochromatic

#4E4319 #7C6C28 #AA9437 #C8B256 #D7C784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.00

#AA9437 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

7.00

#AA9437 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9437

7.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9437	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9437	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)

#A3912B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A8983C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78981

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9437;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 148, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(66.9% 0.114 95.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b373',
    500: '#aa9437',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9437;
$custom-light: #c7b373;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9437",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 148,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.522,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66861,
    "c": 0.11418,
    "h": 95.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30002
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9437

secondary

#7C89C1

accent

#68DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F5ED

border

#D2CFC8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9437

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

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