#AA9933#AA9933

#AA9933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.121 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9933
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 51)
HSL	hsl(51, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(51, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 70%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.98, -5.53, 53.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.98, 53.69, 95.91°)
OKLab	oklab(67.9% -0.0203 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(67.9% 0.121 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5676, 31.5689, 7.7200)
Luminance	0.3157 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9933 #3344AA

analogous

#AA5E33 #AA9933 #7FAA33

triadic

#AA9933 #33AA99 #9933AA

tetradic

#AA9933 #33AA5E #3344AA #AA337F

square

#AA9933 #33AA5E #3344AA #AA337F

split-complementary

#AA9933 #337FAA #5E33AA

monochromatic

#4C4417 #7B6F25 #AA9933 #CAB950 #D9CC7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AA9933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.31

#AA9933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9933

7.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9933	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)

#A89524

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.121 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b671',
    500: '#aa9933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9933;
$custom-light: #c7b671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.429,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67903,
    "c": 0.12109,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31568
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9933

secondary

#7782C2

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9933

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

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