#AA9835#AA9835

#AA9835 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.119 H 98.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9835
RGB	rgb(170, 152, 53)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 68.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.73, -4.88, 52.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.73, 52.54, 95.33°)
OKLab	oklab(67.7% -0.0182 0.1174)
OKLCH	oklch(67.7% 0.119 98.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.4497, 31.2609, 7.9029)
Luminance	0.3126 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9835 #3547AA

analogous

#AA5D35 #AA9835 #81AA35

triadic

#AA9835 #35AA98 #9835AA

tetradic

#AA9835 #35AA5D #3547AA #AA3581

square

#AA9835 #35AA5D #3547AA #AA3581

split-complementary

#AA9835 #3581AA #5D35AA

monochromatic

#4D4518 #7B6E26 #AA9835 #C9B753 #D8CB82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AA9835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#AA9835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9835

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9835	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)

#A79428

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9A3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 152, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.119 98.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b672',
    500: '#aa9835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9835;
$custom-light: #c7b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.769,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67704,
    "c": 0.11882,
    "h": 98.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3126
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9835

secondary

#7A85C1

accent

#62DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9835

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

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