#AA9843#AA9843

#AA9843 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.314; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.107 H 97.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9843
RGB	rgb(170, 152, 67)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 60.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.85, -3.97, 46.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.85, 46.33, 94.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% -0.0139 0.1065)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.107 97.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.8201, 31.4091, 9.8536)
Luminance	0.3141 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9843 #4355AA

analogous

#AA6543 #AA9843 #89AA43

triadic

#AA9843 #43AA98 #9843AA

tetradic

#AA9843 #43AA65 #4355AA #AA4389

square

#AA9843 #43AA65 #4355AA #AA4389

split-complementary

#AA9843 #4389AA #6543AA

monochromatic

#524A20 #7E7132 #AA9843 #C3B367 #D4C993

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AA9843 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.28

#AA9843 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9843

7.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9843	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9843	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)

#A6953A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9843;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 152, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.107 97.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b67a',
    500: '#aa9843',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9843;
$custom-light: #c6b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9843",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.515,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67842,
    "c": 0.10742,
    "h": 97.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31408
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9843

secondary

#8992C0

accent

#6BD355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9843

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

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