#AA9541#AA9541

#AA9541 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.304; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.107 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9541
RGB	rgb(170, 149, 65)
HSL	hsl(48, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(48, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 12.4%, 61.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.02, -2.49, 46.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.02, 46.24, 93.08°)
OKLab	oklab(67.18% -0.0099 0.1063)
OKLCH	oklch(67.18% 0.107 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.2804, 30.4240, 9.3828)
Luminance	0.3042 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9541 #4156AA

analogous

#AA6041 #AA9541 #8AAA41

triadic

#AA9541 #41AA95 #9541AA

tetradic

#AA9541 #41AA60 #4156AA #AA418A

square

#AA9541 #41AA60 #4156AA #AA418A

split-complementary

#AA9541 #418AAA #6041AA

monochromatic

#51471F #7E6E30 #AA9541 #C4B164 #D5C791

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.96

#AA9541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.08

#AA9541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9541

7.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9541	1.00	2.96	7.08	7.08
#FFFFFF	2.96	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)

#A39238

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99945

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78A83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 149, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.107 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b379',
    500: '#aa9541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9541;
$custom-light: #c6b379;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 149,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67176,
    "c": 0.10674,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.30423
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9541

secondary

#8792C0

accent

#6DD453

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9541

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

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