#AA982B#AA982B

#AA982B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.6% C 0.126 H 99.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA982B
RGB	rgb(170, 152, 43)
HSL	hsl(51, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(51, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 74.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.66, -5.39, 56.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.66, 56.47, 95.48°)
OKLab	oklab(67.63% -0.0208 0.1238)
OKLCH	oklch(67.63% 0.126 99.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.2432, 31.1783, 6.8154)
Luminance	0.3118 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA982B #2B3DAA

analogous

#AA592B #AA982B #7DAA2B

triadic

#AA982B #2BAA98 #982BAA

tetradic

#AA982B #2BAA59 #2B3DAA #AA2B7D

square

#AA982B #2BAA59 #2B3DAA #AA2B7D

split-complementary

#AA982B #2B7DAA #592BAA

monochromatic

#484112 #796C1F #AA982B #CFBB43 #DCCD74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AA982B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#AA982B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA982B

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA982B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA982B	1.00	2.90	7.24	7.24
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79417

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa982b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 152, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.6% 0.126 99.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b66c',
    500: '#aa982b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa982b;
$custom-light: #c7b66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa982b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.496,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67627,
    "c": 0.12554,
    "h": 99.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31177
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA982B

secondary

#6E7AC3

accent

#5BE345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA982B

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

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