#AA9937#AA9937

#AA9937 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 67.9% C 0.118 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9937
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 55)
HSL	hsl(51, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(51, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.02, -5.30, 51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.02, 52.03, 95.85°)
OKLab	oklab(67.94% -0.0192 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(67.94% 0.118 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.6597, 31.6057, 8.2046)
Luminance	0.3160 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9937 #3748AA

analogous

#AA5F37 #AA9937 #82AA37

triadic

#AA9937 #37AA99 #9937AA

tetradic

#AA9937 #37AA5F #3748AA #AA3782

square

#AA9937 #37AA5F #3748AA #AA3782

split-complementary

#AA9937 #3782AA #5F37AA

monochromatic

#4E4619 #7C6F28 #AA9937 #C8B756 #D7CB84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AA9937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.32

#AA9937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9937

7.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9937	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)

#A7952A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#989898

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(67.9% 0.118 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b673',
    500: '#aa9937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9937;
$custom-light: #c6b673;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.13,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67937,
    "c": 0.11817,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31604
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9937

secondary

#7C86C1

accent

#62DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9937

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

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