#AA9842#AA9842

#AA9842 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.108 H 97.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9842
RGB	rgb(170, 152, 66)
HSL	hsl(50, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 61.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.84, -4.04, 46.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.84, 46.79, 94.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% -0.0142 0.1074)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.108 97.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.7903, 31.3972, 9.6970)
Luminance	0.3140 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9842 #4254AA

analogous

#AA6442 #AA9842 #88AA42

triadic

#AA9842 #42AA98 #9842AA

tetradic

#AA9842 #42AA64 #4254AA #AA4288

square

#AA9842 #42AA64 #4254AA #AA4288

split-complementary

#AA9842 #4288AA #6442AA

monochromatic

#524920 #7E7131 #AA9842 #C3B366 #D5C992

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AA9842 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#AA9842 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9842

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9842	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9842	1.00	2.88	7.28	7.28
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69439

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B46

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9842;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 152, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.108 97.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b67a',
    500: '#aa9842',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9842;
$custom-light: #c6b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9842",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.615,
    "s": 44.068,
    "l": 46.275
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67831,
    "c": 0.1083,
    "h": 97.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9842

secondary

#8892C0

accent

#6AD454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9842

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

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