#AA9934#AA9934

#AA9934 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.120 H 99.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9934
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 52)
HSL	hsl(51, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 69.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(62.99, -5.47, 53.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(62.99, 53.28, 95.89°)
OKLab	oklab(67.91% -0.02 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(67.91% 0.12 99.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.5899, 31.5778, 7.8373)
Luminance	0.3158 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9934 #3445AA

analogous

#AA5E34 #AA9934 #80AA34

triadic

#AA9934 #34AA99 #9934AA

tetradic

#AA9934 #34AA5E #3445AA #AA3480

square

#AA9934 #34AA5E #3445AA #AA3480

split-complementary

#AA9934 #3480AA #5E34AA

monochromatic

#4C4517 #7B6F26 #AA9934 #CAB951 #D8CC80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AA9934 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#AA9934 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9934

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9934	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9934	1.00	2.87	7.32	7.32
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89526

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9934;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.120 99.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b671',
    500: '#aa9934',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9934;
$custom-light: #c7b671;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9934",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.356,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67912,
    "c": 0.12037,
    "h": 99.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9934

secondary

#7883C1

accent

#60DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9934

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

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