#AA9853#AA9853

#AA9853 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.092 H 95.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9853
RGB	rgb(170, 152, 83)
HSL	hsl(48, 34%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 51%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 51.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.03, -2.64, 38.45)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.03, 38.54, 93.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.05% -0.0082 0.0915)
OKLCH	oklch(68.05% 0.092 95.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3681, 31.6283, 12.7398)
Luminance	0.3163 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9853 #5365AA

analogous

#AA6D53 #AA9853 #91AA53

triadic

#AA9853 #53AA98 #9853AA

tetradic

#AA9853 #53AA6D #5365AA #AA5391

square

#AA9853 #53AA6D #5365AA #AA5391

split-complementary

#AA9853 #5391AA #6D53AA

monochromatic

#584E2B #81733F #AA9853 #BFB17B #D3C9A5

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AA9853 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#AA9853 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9853

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9853	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9853	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5954D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B56

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9853;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 152, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.092 95.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b685',
    500: '#aa9853',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9853;
$custom-light: #c5b685;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9853",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.586,
    "s": 34.387,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68046,
    "c": 0.09189,
    "h": 95.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9853

secondary

#99A1C0

accent

#74CA5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9853

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

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