#AA962E#AA962E

#AA962E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.2% C 0.122 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA962E
RGB	rgb(170, 150, 46)
HSL	hsl(50, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(50, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.13, -4.17, 54.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.13, 54.72, 94.37°)
OKLab	oklab(67.22% -0.017 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(67.22% 0.122 98)
XYZ	xyz(27.9784, 30.5574, 7.0087)
Luminance	0.3056 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA962E #2E42AA

analogous

#AA582E #AA962E #80AA2E

triadic

#AA962E #2EAA96 #962EAA

tetradic

#AA962E #2EAA58 #2E42AA #AA2E80

square

#AA962E #2EAA58 #2E42AA #AA2E80

split-complementary

#AA962E #2E80AA #582EAA

monochromatic

#4A4114 #7A6C21 #AA962E #CDB848 #DACB78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#AA962E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.11

#AA962E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA962E

7.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA962E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA962E	1.00	2.95	7.11	7.11
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5921D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78B81

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa962e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 150, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.2% 0.122 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b46e',
    500: '#aa962e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa962e;
$custom-light: #c7b46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa962e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.323,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67216,
    "c": 0.12208,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.30556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA962E

secondary

#717EC3

accent

#60E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA962E

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

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