#AA9836#AA9836

#AA9836 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.118 H 98.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9836
RGB	rgb(170, 152, 54)
HSL	hsl(51, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, -4.82, 51.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 52.12, 95.31°)
OKLab	oklab(67.71% -0.0179 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(67.71% 0.118 98.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.4729, 31.2702, 8.0253)
Luminance	0.3127 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9836 #3648AA

analogous

#AA5E36 #AA9836 #82AA36

triadic

#AA9836 #36AA98 #9836AA

tetradic

#AA9836 #36AA5E #3648AA #AA3682

square

#AA9836 #36AA5E #3648AA #AA3682

split-complementary

#AA9836 #3682AA #5E36AA

monochromatic

#4D4518 #7C6E27 #AA9836 #C9B754 #D8CA83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.90

#AA9836 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.25

#AA9836 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9836

7.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9836	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9836	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)

#A79429

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9836;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 152, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.118 98.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b672',
    500: '#aa9836',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9836;
$custom-light: #c6b672;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9836",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.69,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67712,
    "c": 0.11809,
    "h": 98.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31269
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9836

secondary

#7B86C1

accent

#63DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9836

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

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