#AA9740#AA9740

#AA9740 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.310; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.109 H 97.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9740
RGB	rgb(170, 151, 64)
HSL	hsl(49, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(49, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.55, -3.64, 47.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.55, 47.37, 94.41°)
OKLab	oklab(67.59% -0.0133 0.1084)
OKLCH	oklch(67.59% 0.109 97)
XYZ	xyz(28.5708, 31.0508, 9.3380)
Luminance	0.3105 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9740 #4053AA

analogous

#AA6240 #AA9740 #88AA40

triadic

#AA9740 #40AA97 #9740AA

tetradic

#AA9740 #40AA62 #4053AA #AA4088

square

#AA9740 #40AA62 #4053AA #AA4088

split-complementary

#AA9740 #4088AA #6240AA

monochromatic

#51481F #7E702F #AA9740 #C4B363 #D5C98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.91

#AA9740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.21

#AA9740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9740

7.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9740	1.00	2.91	7.21	7.21
#FFFFFF	2.91	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9A44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78C84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 151, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.109 97.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b578',
    500: '#aa9740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9740;
$custom-light: #c6b578;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.245,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67594,
    "c": 0.10922,
    "h": 97
  },
  "luminance": 0.31049
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9740

secondary

#8690C0

accent

#6AD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9740

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

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