#AA992C#AA992C

#AA992C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.8% C 0.126 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AA992C
RGBrgb(170, 153, 44)
HSLhsl(52, 59%, 42%)
HSVhsv(52, 74%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 10%, 74.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LABlab(62.94, -5.88, 56.10)
CIE-LCHlch(62.94, 56.41, 95.98°)
OKLaboklab(67.85% -0.022 0.1238)
OKLCHoklch(67.85% 0.126 100.1)
XYZxyz(28.4248, 31.5117, 6.9675)
Luminance0.3151 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AA992C #2C3DAA
analogous
#AA5A2C #AA992C #7CAA2C
triadic
#AA992C #2CAA99 #992CAA
tetradic
#AA992C #2CAA5A #2C3DAA #AA2C7C
square
#AA992C #2CAA5A #2C3DAA #AA2C7C
split-complementary
#AA992C #2C7CAA #5A2CAA
monochromatic
#494113 #796D1F #AA992C #CFBC44 #DBCE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.88
#AA992C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.30
#AA992C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA992C
7.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AA992C#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AA992C1.002.887.307.30
#FFFFFF2.881.0021.0021.00
#0000007.3021.001.001.00
##0000007.3021.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#A89519
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AD9B33
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B78E84
Achromatopsia (no color)
#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #aa992c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.8% 0.126 100.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b66d',
    500: '#aa992c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #aa992c;
$custom-light: #c7b66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#aa992c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.905,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6785,
    "c": 0.12573,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AA992C
secondary
#6F7AC3
accent
#5BE246
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#141107
muted
#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA992C

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#AA992C Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva