#AA9930#AA9930

#AA9930 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.315; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.123 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9930
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 48)
HSL	hsl(52, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 71.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.96, -5.68, 54.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.96, 54.88, 95.95°)
OKLab	oklab(67.88% -0.0211 0.1213)
OKLCH	oklch(67.88% 0.123 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.5036, 31.5432, 7.3828)
Luminance	0.3154 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9930 #3041AA

analogous

#AA5C30 #AA9930 #7EAA30

triadic

#AA9930 #30AA99 #9930AA

tetradic

#AA9930 #30AA5C #3041AA #AA307E

square

#AA9930 #30AA5C #3041AA #AA307E

split-complementary

#AA9930 #307EAA #5C30AA

monochromatic

#4B4315 #7A6E23 #AA9930 #CCBA4B #DACC7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AA9930 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#AA9930 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9930

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9930	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9930	1.00	2.87	7.31	7.31
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89520

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9930;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.123 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b66f',
    500: '#aa9930',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9930;
$custom-light: #c7b66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9930",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.639,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6788,
    "c": 0.12316,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31542
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9930

secondary

#747FC2

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9930

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

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