#AA9728#AA9728

#AA9728 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.127 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9728
RGB	rgb(170, 151, 40)
HSL	hsl(51, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 76.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, -4.98, 57.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 57.24, 94.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.39% -0.0199 0.125)
OKLCH	oklch(67.39% 0.127 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.0286, 30.8339, 6.4823)
Luminance	0.3083 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9728 #283BAA

analogous

#AA5628 #AA9728 #7CAA28

triadic

#AA9728 #28AA97 #9728AA

tetradic

#AA9728 #28AA56 #283BAA #AA287C

square

#AA9728 #28AA56 #283BAA #AA287C

split-complementary

#AA9728 #287CAA #5628AA

monochromatic

#473F11 #786B1C #AA9728 #D2BC3E #DDCD6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#AA9728 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#AA9728 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9728

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9728	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9728	1.00	2.93	7.17	7.17
#FFFFFF	2.93	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69312

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9728;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 151, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.127 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b56b',
    500: '#aa9728',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9728;
$custom-light: #c7b56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9728",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.231,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6739,
    "c": 0.12653,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.30832
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9728

secondary

#6A77C4

accent

#5BE543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9728

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

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