#AA973D#AA973D

#AA973D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.112 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA973D
RGB	rgb(170, 151, 61)
HSL	hsl(50, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(50, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 64.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.52, -3.85, 48.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.52, 48.74, 94.53°)
OKLab	oklab(67.56% -0.0143 0.1108)
OKLCH	oklch(67.56% 0.112 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.4877, 31.0175, 8.9004)
Luminance	0.3102 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA973D #3D50AA

analogous

#AA603D #AA973D #87AA3D

triadic

#AA973D #3DAA97 #973DAA

tetradic

#AA973D #3DAA60 #3D50AA #AA3D87

square

#AA973D #3DAA60 #3D50AA #AA3D87

split-complementary

#AA973D #3D87AA #603DAA

monochromatic

#50471D #7D6F2D #AA973D #C5B45F #D6C98C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.92

#AA973D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.20

#AA973D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA973D

7.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA973D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA973D	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)

#A59433

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa973d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 151, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.112 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b577',
    500: '#aa973d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa973d;
$custom-light: #c6b577;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa973d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.541,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67563,
    "c": 0.11175,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31016
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA973D

secondary

#828DC0

accent

#68D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA973D

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

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