#AA9736#AA9736

#AA9736 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.309; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.117 H 98.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9736
RGB	rgb(170, 151, 54)
HSL	hsl(50, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.46, -4.28, 51.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.46, 51.79, 94.74°)
OKLab	oklab(67.5% -0.0164 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(67.5% 0.117 98)
XYZ	xyz(28.3113, 30.9470, 7.9714)
Luminance	0.3095 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9736 #3649AA

analogous

#AA5D36 #AA9736 #83AA36

triadic

#AA9736 #36AA97 #9736AA

tetradic

#AA9736 #36AA5D #3649AA #AA3683

square

#AA9736 #36AA5D #3649AA #AA3683

split-complementary

#AA9736 #3683AA #5D36AA

monochromatic

#4D4418 #7C6E27 #AA9736 #C9B654 #D8CA83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AA9736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#AA9736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9736

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9736	1.00	2.92	7.19	7.19
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69329

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 151, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.117 98.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b572',
    500: '#aa9736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9736;
$custom-light: #c7b572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.172,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67497,
    "c": 0.11727,
    "h": 98
  },
  "luminance": 0.30946
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9736

secondary

#7B86C1

accent

#64DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9736

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

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