#AA9731#AA9731

#AA9731 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.121 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9731
RGB	rgb(170, 151, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 71.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.43, -4.56, 53.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.43, 53.85, 94.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.46% -0.0177 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(67.46% 0.121 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.1999, 30.9024, 7.3845)
Luminance	0.3090 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9731 #3144AA

analogous

#AA5B31 #AA9731 #80AA31

triadic

#AA9731 #31AA97 #9731AA

tetradic

#AA9731 #31AA5B #3144AA #AA3180

square

#AA9731 #31AA5B #3144AA #AA3180

split-complementary

#AA9731 #3180AA #5B31AA

monochromatic

#4B4316 #7A6D23 #AA9731 #CCB84D #D9CB7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AA9731 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.18

#AA9731 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9731

7.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9731	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9731	1.00	2.92	7.18	7.18
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69322

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9731;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 151, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.121 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b570',
    500: '#aa9731',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9731;
$custom-light: #c7b570;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9731",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.579,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67455,
    "c": 0.12086,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.30901
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9731

secondary

#7581C2

accent

#61DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9731

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

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