#AA9539#AA9539

#AA9539 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.303; OKLCH L 67.1% C 0.113 H 96.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9539
RGB	rgb(170, 149, 57)
HSL	hsl(49, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(49, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 66.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(61.94, -3.02, 49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(61.94, 49.86, 93.47°)
OKLab	oklab(67.09% -0.0124 0.1127)
OKLCH	oklch(67.09% 0.113 96.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.0648, 30.3377, 8.2476)
Luminance	0.3034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9539 #394EAA

analogous

#AA5D39 #AA9539 #86AA39

triadic

#AA9539 #39AA95 #9539AA

tetradic

#AA9539 #39AA5D #394EAA #AA3986

square

#AA9539 #39AA5D #394EAA #AA3986

split-complementary

#AA9539 #3986AA #5D39AA

monochromatic

#4E451A #7C6D2A #AA9539 #C7B359 #D7C887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#AA9539 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.07

#AA9539 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9539

7.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9539	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9539	1.00	2.97	7.07	7.07
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4922E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A9993E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78A82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9539;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 149, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.1% 0.113 96.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b374',
    500: '#aa9539',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9539;
$custom-light: #c6b374;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9539",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.85,
    "s": 49.78,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67094,
    "c": 0.11339,
    "h": 96.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9539

secondary

#7E8AC1

accent

#68D94E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9539

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

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