#AA9827#AA9827

#AA9827 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.311; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.128 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9827
RGB	rgb(170, 152, 39)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.63, -5.56, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.63, 57.89, 95.51°)
OKLab	oklab(67.6% -0.0217 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(67.6% 0.128 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.1734, 31.1504, 6.4477)
Luminance	0.3115 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9827 #2739AA

analogous

#AA5627 #AA9827 #7AAA27

triadic

#AA9827 #27AA98 #9827AA

tetradic

#AA9827 #27AA56 #2739AA #AA277A

square

#AA9827 #27AA56 #2739AA #AA277A

split-complementary

#AA9827 #277AAA #5627AA

monochromatic

#463F10 #786B1C #AA9827 #D2BE3C #DECE6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AA9827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.23

#AA9827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9827

7.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9827	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)

#A7940F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88C83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#979797

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 152, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.128 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b56a',
    500: '#aa9827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9827;
$custom-light: #c7b56a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.756,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.676,
    "c": 0.12788,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9827

secondary

#6975C4

accent

#59E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9827

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

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