#AA9834#AA9834

#AA9834 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.120 H 98.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9834
RGB	rgb(170, 152, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 69.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.72, -4.93, 52.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.72, 52.95, 95.35°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% -0.0185 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.12 98.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.4269, 31.2518, 7.7830)
Luminance	0.3125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9834 #3446AA

analogous

#AA5D34 #AA9834 #81AA34

triadic

#AA9834 #34AA98 #9834AA

tetradic

#AA9834 #34AA5D #3446AA #AA3481

square

#AA9834 #34AA5D #3446AA #AA3481

split-complementary

#AA9834 #3481AA #5D34AA

monochromatic

#4C4417 #7B6E26 #AA9834 #CAB751 #D8CB80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AA9834 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#AA9834 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9834

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9834	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9834	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)

#A79426

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9A3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9834;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 152, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.120 98.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b671',
    500: '#aa9834',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9834;
$custom-light: #c7b671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9834",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.847,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67695,
    "c": 0.11955,
    "h": 98.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9834

secondary

#7884C1

accent

#61DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9834

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

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