#AA9837#AA9837

#AA9837 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.313; OKLCH L 67.7% C 0.117 H 98.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9837
RGB	rgb(170, 152, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.74, -4.76, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.74, 51.70, 95.28°)
OKLab	oklab(67.72% -0.0176 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(67.72% 0.117 98.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.4967, 31.2797, 8.1503)
Luminance	0.3128 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9837 #3749AA

analogous

#AA5F37 #AA9837 #83AA37

triadic

#AA9837 #37AA98 #9837AA

tetradic

#AA9837 #37AA5F #3749AA #AA3783

square

#AA9837 #37AA5F #3749AA #AA3783

split-complementary

#AA9837 #3783AA #5F37AA

monochromatic

#4E4519 #7C6F28 #AA9837 #C8B656 #D7CA84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AA9837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.26

#AA9837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9837

7.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9837	1.00	2.89	7.26	7.26
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7942A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 152, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.7% 0.117 98.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b673',
    500: '#aa9837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9837;
$custom-light: #c6b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.609,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67721,
    "c": 0.11733,
    "h": 98.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9837

secondary

#7C87C1

accent

#63DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9837

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

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