#AA9739#AA9739

#AA9739 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.5% C 0.115 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9739
RGB	rgb(170, 151, 57)
HSL	hsl(50, 50%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 66%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 66.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.49, -4.10, 50.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.49, 50.51, 94.66°)
OKLab	oklab(67.52% -0.0155 0.1139)
OKLCH	oklch(67.52% 0.115 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.3840, 30.9760, 8.3540)
Luminance	0.3098 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9739 #394CAA

analogous

#AA5F39 #AA9739 #84AA39

triadic

#AA9739 #39AA97 #9739AA

tetradic

#AA9739 #39AA5F #394CAA #AA3984

square

#AA9739 #39AA5F #394CAA #AA3984

split-complementary

#AA9739 #3984AA #5F39AA

monochromatic

#4E461A #7C6E2A #AA9739 #C7B559 #D7C987

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AA9739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#AA9739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9739

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9739	1.00	2.92	7.20	7.20
#FFFFFF	2.92	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5932D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 151, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.5% 0.115 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b574',
    500: '#aa9739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9739;
$custom-light: #c6b574;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.912,
    "s": 49.78,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67524,
    "c": 0.11497,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.30975
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9739

secondary

#7E89C1

accent

#66D94E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9739

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

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