#AA9527#AA9527

#AA9527 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.302; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.126 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9527
RGB	rgb(170, 149, 39)
HSL	hsl(50, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(50, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.82, -3.95, 56.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.82, 57.00, 93.97°)
OKLab	oklab(66.95% -0.0171 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(66.95% 0.126 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(27.6926, 30.1889, 6.2875)
Luminance	0.3019 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9527 #273CAA

analogous

#AA5427 #AA9527 #7DAA27

triadic

#AA9527 #27AA95 #9527AA

tetradic

#AA9527 #27AA54 #273CAA #AA277D

square

#AA9527 #27AA54 #273CAA #AA277D

split-complementary

#AA9527 #277DAA #5427AA

monochromatic

#463E10 #78691C #AA9527 #D2BA3C #DECC6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#AA9527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.04

#AA9527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9527

7.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9527	1.00	2.98	7.04	7.04
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49110

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA982E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88980

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 149, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.126 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b36a',
    500: '#aa9527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9527;
$custom-light: #c7b36a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.382,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.66952,
    "c": 0.12558,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30187
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9527

secondary

#6977C4

accent

#5CE642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9527

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

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