#AA9749#AA9749

#AA9749 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.101 H 95.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9749
RGB	rgb(170, 151, 73)
HSL	hsl(48, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(48, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 11.2%, 57.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.64, -2.96, 43.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.64, 43.12, 93.94°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% -0.0103 0.1005)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.101 95.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8479, 31.1616, 10.7973)
Luminance	0.3116 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9749 #495CAA

analogous

#AA6649 #AA9749 #8DAA49

triadic

#AA9749 #49AA97 #9749AA

tetradic

#AA9749 #49AA66 #495CAA #AA498D

square

#AA9749 #49AA66 #495CAA #AA498D

split-complementary

#AA9749 #498DAA #6649AA

monochromatic

#544B24 #7F7137 #AA9749 #C1B16F #D4C89A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AA9749 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#AA9749 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9749

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9749	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9749	1.00	2.90	7.23	7.23
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49441

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99A4C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9749;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 151, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.101 95.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b57e',
    500: '#aa9749',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9749;
$custom-light: #c6b57e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9749",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 151,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.247,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67698,
    "c": 0.10104,
    "h": 95.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3116
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9749

secondary

#8F99C0

accent

#6FD058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9749

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

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