#AA9840#AA9840

#AA9840 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.110 H 97.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9840
RGB	rgb(170, 152, 64)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 62.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.82, -4.18, 47.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.82, 47.72, 95.03°)
OKLab	oklab(67.81% -0.0149 0.109)
OKLCH	oklch(67.81% 0.11 97.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.7324, 31.3740, 9.3918)
Luminance	0.3137 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9840 #4052AA

analogous

#AA6340 #AA9840 #87AA40

triadic

#AA9840 #40AA98 #9840AA

tetradic

#AA9840 #40AA63 #4052AA #AA4087

square

#AA9840 #40AA63 #4052AA #AA4087

split-complementary

#AA9840 #4087AA #6340AA

monochromatic

#51481F #7E702F #AA9840 #C4B463 #D5C98F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.89

#AA9840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.27

#AA9840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9840

7.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9840	1.00	2.89	7.27	7.27
#FFFFFF	2.89	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69436

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B44

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78D85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 152, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.110 97.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b678',
    500: '#aa9840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9840;
$custom-light: #c6b678;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.811,
    "s": 45.299,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67809,
    "c": 0.11004,
    "h": 97.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9840

secondary

#8690C0

accent

#69D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9840

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

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