#AA9540#AA9540

#AA9540 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.108 H 95.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9540
RGB	rgb(170, 149, 64)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.01, -2.56, 46.64)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.01, 46.71, 93.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.16% -0.0102 0.1071)
OKLCH	oklch(67.16% 0.108 95.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2517, 30.4125, 9.2316)
Luminance	0.3041 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9540 #4055AA

analogous

#AA6040 #AA9540 #8AAA40

triadic

#AA9540 #40AA95 #9540AA

tetradic

#AA9540 #40AA60 #4055AA #AA408A

square

#AA9540 #40AA60 #4055AA #AA408A

split-complementary

#AA9540 #408AAA #6040AA

monochromatic

#51471F #7E6E2F #AA9540 #C4B163 #D5C78F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.97

#AA9540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#AA9540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9540

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9540	1.00	2.97	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.97	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A39237

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99944

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 149, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.108 95.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b378',
    500: '#aa9540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9540;
$custom-light: #c6b378;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.113,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67165,
    "c": 0.10761,
    "h": 95.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.30411
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9540

secondary

#8691C0

accent

#6DD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9540

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

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