#AA9729#AA9729

#AA9729 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.308; OKLCH L 67.4% C 0.126 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9729
RGB	rgb(170, 151, 41)
HSL	hsl(51, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(51, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 75.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.37, -4.94, 56.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.37, 56.88, 94.98°)
OKLab	oklab(67.4% -0.0197 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(67.4% 0.126 99)
XYZ	xyz(28.0458, 30.8408, 6.5730)
Luminance	0.3084 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9729 #293CAA

analogous

#AA5729 #AA9729 #7DAA29

triadic

#AA9729 #29AA97 #9729AA

tetradic

#AA9729 #29AA57 #293CAA #AA297D

square

#AA9729 #29AA57 #293CAA #AA297D

split-complementary

#AA9729 #297DAA #5729AA

monochromatic

#473F11 #796B1D #AA9729 #D1BB3F #DDCD71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.93

#AA9729 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.17

#AA9729 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9729

7.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9729	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9729	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)

#A69314

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88B82

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9729;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 151, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.4% 0.126 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b56b',
    500: '#aa9729',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9729;
$custom-light: #c7b56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9729",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.163,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67397,
    "c": 0.12595,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.30839
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9729

secondary

#6B78C4

accent

#5BE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9729

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →