#AA9931#AA9931

#AA9931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.122 H 99.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9931
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 49)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 71.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.97, -5.63, 54.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.97, 54.49, 95.93°)
OKLab	oklab(67.89% -0.0208 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(67.89% 0.122 99.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.5245, 31.5516, 7.4927)
Luminance	0.3155 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9931 #3142AA

analogous

#AA5C31 #AA9931 #7EAA31

triadic

#AA9931 #31AA99 #9931AA

tetradic

#AA9931 #31AA5C #3142AA #AA317E

square

#AA9931 #31AA5C #3142AA #AA317E

split-complementary

#AA9931 #317EAA #5C31AA

monochromatic

#4B4316 #7A6E23 #AA9931 #CCBA4D #D9CC7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AA9931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#AA9931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9931

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9931	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)

#A89521

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.122 99.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b670',
    500: '#aa9931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9931;
$custom-light: #c7b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.57,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67887,
    "c": 0.12248,
    "h": 99.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3155
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9931

secondary

#7580C2

accent

#5EDF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9931

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

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