#AA9929#AA9929

#AA9929 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.128 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9929
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 41)
HSL	hsl(52, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(52, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 75.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.92, -6.02, 57.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.92, 57.50, 96.01°)
OKLab	oklab(67.83% -0.0227 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(67.83% 0.128 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.3704, 31.4900, 6.6812)
Luminance	0.3149 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9929 #293AAA

analogous

#AA5929 #AA9929 #7BAA29

triadic

#AA9929 #29AA99 #9929AA

tetradic

#AA9929 #29AA59 #293AAA #AA297B

square

#AA9929 #29AA59 #293AAA #AA297B

split-complementary

#AA9929 #297BAA #5929AA

monochromatic

#474011 #796D1D #AA9929 #D1BE3F #DDCE71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AA9929 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#AA9929 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9929

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9929	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9929	1.00	2.88	7.30	7.30
#FFFFFF	2.88	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89513

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78D84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9929;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.128 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b66c',
    500: '#aa9929',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9929;
$custom-light: #c7b66c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9929",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.093,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6783,
    "c": 0.12753,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9929

secondary

#6B77C4

accent

#59E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9929

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

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