#AA993B#AA993B

#AA993B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.316; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.115 H 99.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA993B
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 59)
HSL	hsl(51, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(51, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 65.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.05, -5.05, 50.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.05, 50.30, 95.77°)
OKLab	oklab(67.97% -0.018 0.1136)
OKLCH	oklch(67.97% 0.115 99)
XYZ	xyz(28.7594, 31.6456, 8.7302)
Luminance	0.3164 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA993B #3B4CAA

analogous

#AA623B #AA993B #83AA3B

triadic

#AA993B #3BAA99 #993BAA

tetradic

#AA993B #3BAA62 #3B4CAA #AA3B83

square

#AA993B #3BAA62 #3B4CAA #AA3B83

split-complementary

#AA993B #3B83AA #623BAA

monochromatic

#4F471B #7D702B #AA993B #C6B65C #D6CA89

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.87

#AA993B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.33

#AA993B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA993B

7.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA993B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA993B	1.00	2.87	7.33	7.33
#FFFFFF	2.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79530

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9B40

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78E85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa993b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.115 99.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b675',
    500: '#aa993b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa993b;
$custom-light: #c6b675;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa993b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.811,
    "s": 48.472,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.67974,
    "c": 0.11505,
    "h": 99
  },
  "luminance": 0.31644
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA993B

secondary

#808AC0

accent

#65D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA993B

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

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