#AA9932#AA9932

#AA9932 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.122 H 99.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9932
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 50)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 70.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, -5.58, 53.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 54.09, 95.92°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% -0.0205 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.122 99.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.5458, 31.5601, 7.6051)
Luminance	0.3156 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9932 #3243AA

analogous

#AA5D32 #AA9932 #7FAA32

triadic

#AA9932 #32AA99 #9932AA

tetradic

#AA9932 #32AA5D #3243AA #AA327F

square

#AA9932 #32AA5D #3243AA #AA327F

split-complementary

#AA9932 #327FAA #5D32AA

monochromatic

#4B4416 #7B6E24 #AA9932 #CBB94E #D9CC7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AA9932 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#AA9932 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9932

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9932	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9932	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)

#A89523

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9932;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.122 99.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b670',
    500: '#aa9932',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9932;
$custom-light: #c7b670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9932",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67895,
    "c": 0.12179,
    "h": 99.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9932

secondary

#7681C2

accent

#5FDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9932

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

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