#AA9833#AA9833

#AA9833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.312; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.120 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9833
RGB	rgb(170, 152, 51)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 70%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.71, -4.99, 53.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.71, 53.36, 95.36°)
OKLab	oklab(67.69% -0.0187 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(67.69% 0.12 99)
XYZ	xyz(28.4047, 31.2429, 7.6656)
Luminance	0.3124 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9833 #3345AA

analogous

#AA5C33 #AA9833 #80AA33

triadic

#AA9833 #33AA98 #9833AA

tetradic

#AA9833 #33AA5C #3345AA #AA3380

square

#AA9833 #33AA5C #3345AA #AA3380

split-complementary

#AA9833 #3380AA #5C33AA

monochromatic

#4C4417 #7B6E25 #AA9833 #CAB850 #D9CB7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AA9833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#AA9833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9833

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9833	1.00	2.90	7.25	7.25
#FFFFFF	2.90	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79425

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 152, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.120 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b671',
    500: '#aa9833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9833;
$custom-light: #c7b671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.924,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67687,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.31242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9833

secondary

#7782C2

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9833

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

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