#AA9637#AA9637

#AA9637 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.306; OKLCH L 67.3% C 0.116 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9637
RGB	rgb(170, 150, 55)
HSL	hsl(50, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.8%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.20, -3.68, 50.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.20, 51.04, 94.14°)
OKLab	oklab(67.29% -0.0146 0.1148)
OKLCH	oklch(67.29% 0.116 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.1748, 30.6360, 8.0430)
Luminance	0.3064 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9637 #374BAA

analogous

#AA5D37 #AA9637 #85AA37

triadic

#AA9637 #37AA96 #9637AA

tetradic

#AA9637 #37AA5D #374BAA #AA3785

square

#AA9637 #37AA5D #374BAA #AA3785

split-complementary

#AA9637 #3785AA #5D37AA

monochromatic

#4E4419 #7C6D28 #AA9637 #C8B456 #D7C984

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.95

#AA9637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.13

#AA9637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9637

7.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9637	1.00	2.95	7.13	7.13
#FFFFFF	2.95	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA993C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#969696

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 150, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.3% 0.116 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b473',
    500: '#aa9637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9637;
$custom-light: #c6b473;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 150,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.565,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6729,
    "c": 0.11572,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.30635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9637

secondary

#7C88C1

accent

#66DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9637

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

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