#AA9738#AA9738

#AA9738 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.116 H 97.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9738
RGB	rgb(170, 151, 56)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(50, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.48, -4.16, 50.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.48, 50.94, 94.69°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.0158 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.116 97.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.3593, 30.9661, 8.2239)
Luminance	0.3096 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9738 #384BAA

analogous

#AA5E38 #AA9738 #84AA38

triadic

#AA9738 #38AA97 #9738AA

tetradic

#AA9738 #38AA5E #384BAA #AA3884

square

#AA9738 #38AA5E #384BAA #AA3884

split-complementary

#AA9738 #3884AA #5E38AA

monochromatic

#4E451A #7C6E29 #AA9738 #C8B557 #D7C985

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AA9738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.19

#AA9738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9738

7.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9738	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)

#A6932C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 151, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.116 97.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b574',
    500: '#aa9738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9738;
$custom-light: #c6b574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67515,
    "c": 0.11575,
    "h": 97.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.30965
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9738

secondary

#7D88C1

accent

#65DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9738

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

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