#AA9831#AA9831

#AA9831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.122 H 99.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9831
RGB	rgb(170, 152, 49)
HSL	hsl(51, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 71.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.70, -5.10, 53.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.70, 54.17, 95.40°)
OKLab	oklab(67.67% -0.0193 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(67.67% 0.122 99.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.3615, 31.2256, 7.4384)
Luminance	0.3122 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9831 #3143AA

analogous

#AA5B31 #AA9831 #80AA31

triadic

#AA9831 #31AA98 #9831AA

tetradic

#AA9831 #31AA5B #3143AA #AA3180

square

#AA9831 #31AA5B #3143AA #AA3180

split-complementary

#AA9831 #3180AA #5B31AA

monochromatic

#4B4316 #7A6E23 #AA9831 #CCB94D #D9CB7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AA9831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.24

#AA9831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9831

7.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9831	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)

#A79422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 152, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.122 99.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b670',
    500: '#aa9831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9831;
$custom-light: #c7b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.074,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67671,
    "c": 0.12166,
    "h": 99.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9831

secondary

#7580C2

accent

#5FDF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9831

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

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