#AA9531#AA9531

#AA9531 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.0% C 0.119 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9531
RGB	rgb(170, 149, 49)
HSL	hsl(50, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(50, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 71.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.88, -3.48, 53.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.88, 53.22, 93.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.02% -0.0147 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(67.02% 0.119 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(27.8807, 30.2641, 7.2781)
Luminance	0.3026 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9531 #3146AA

analogous

#AA5931 #AA9531 #82AA31

triadic

#AA9531 #31AA95 #9531AA

tetradic

#AA9531 #31AA59 #3146AA #AA3182

square

#AA9531 #31AA59 #3146AA #AA3182

split-complementary

#AA9531 #3182AA #5931AA

monochromatic

#4B4216 #7A6B23 #AA9531 #CCB64D #D9C97C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.98

#AA9531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.05

#AA9531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9531

7.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9531	1.00	2.98	7.05	7.05
#FFFFFF	2.98	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49222

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99837

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78A81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#959595

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 149, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.0% 0.119 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b36f',
    500: '#aa9531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9531;
$custom-light: #c7b36f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.587,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67024,
    "c": 0.11931,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30263
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9531

secondary

#7582C2

accent

#63DF49

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9531

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

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