#AA9927#AA9927

#AA9927 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.129 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9927
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 39)
HSL	hsl(52, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.91, -6.10, 57.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.91, 58.20, 96.02°)
OKLab	oklab(67.82% -0.0232 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(67.82% 0.129 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.3364, 31.4764, 6.5020)
Luminance	0.3147 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9927 #2738AA

analogous

#AA5727 #AA9927 #79AA27

triadic

#AA9927 #27AA99 #9927AA

tetradic

#AA9927 #27AA57 #2738AA #AA2779

square

#AA9927 #27AA57 #2738AA #AA2779

split-complementary

#AA9927 #2779AA #5727AA

monochromatic

#463F10 #786C1C #AA9927 #D2BF3C #DECF6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AA9927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.29

#AA9927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9927

7.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9927	1.00	2.88	7.29	7.29
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A8950E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88D83

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.129 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b66b',
    500: '#aa9927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9927;
$custom-light: #c7b66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.214,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67817,
    "c": 0.12867,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31475
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9927

secondary

#6974C4

accent

#57E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9927

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

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