#AA992B#AA992B

#AA992B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.126 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA992B
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 43)
HSL	hsl(52, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 74.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.93, -5.93, 56.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.93, 56.78, 95.99°)
OKLab	oklab(67.84% -0.0223 0.1244)
OKLCH	oklch(67.84% 0.126 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.4062, 31.5043, 6.8697)
Luminance	0.3150 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA992B #2B3CAA

analogous

#AA5A2B #AA992B #7BAA2B

triadic

#AA992B #2BAA99 #992BAA

tetradic

#AA992B #2BAA5A #2B3CAA #AA2B7B

square

#AA992B #2BAA5A #2B3CAA #AA2B7B

split-complementary

#AA992B #2B7BAA #5A2BAA

monochromatic

#484112 #796D1F #AA992B #CFBD43 #DCCE74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88

#AA992B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30

#AA992B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA992B

7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA992B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA992B	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)

#A89517

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9B32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa992b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.126 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b66d',
    500: '#aa992b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa992b;
$custom-light: #c7b66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa992b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.969,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67843,
    "c": 0.12635,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA992B

secondary

#6E79C3

accent

#5AE345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA992B

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

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