#AA992A#AA992A
#AA992A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.127 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AA992A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(170, 153, 42) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 60%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 75%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 10%, 75.3%, 33.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(62.92, -5.97, 56.83) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(62.92, 57.14, 96.00°) |
| OKLab | oklab(67.84% -0.0225 0.1249) |
| OKLCH | oklch(67.84% 0.127 100.2) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.3881, 31.4970, 6.7743) |
| Luminance | 0.3150 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 3.62
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 4.13
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 4.39
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 4.94
Yellow Brown
#B79400
ΔE00 5.61
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 6.00
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AA992A #2A3BAA
analogous
#AA592A #AA992A #7BAA2A
triadic
#AA992A #2AAA99 #992AAA
tetradic
#AA992A #2AAA59 #2A3BAA #AA2A7B
square
#AA992A #2AAA59 #2A3BAA #AA2A7B
split-complementary
#AA992A #2A7BAA #592AAA
monochromatic
#484112 #796D1E #AA992A #D0BD41 #DCCE72
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.88
#AA992A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.30
#AA992A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AA992A
7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AA992A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AA992A | 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)
#A89515
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AD9B32
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B78D84
Achromatopsia (no color)
#989898
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aa992a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 42); /* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.127 100.2);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c7b66c',
500: '#aa992a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aa992a; $custom-light: #c7b66c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aa992a",
"rgb": {
"r": 170,
"g": 153,
"b": 42
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.031,
"s": 60.377,
"l": 41.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.67837,
"c": 0.12694,
"h": 100.2
},
"luminance": 0.31496
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AA992A
secondary
#6C78C3
accent
#59E444
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#141107
muted
#82807A