#AA9941#AA9941

#AA9941 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.110 H 98.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9941
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 65)
HSL	hsl(50, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 62%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 61.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.10, -4.65, 47.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.10, 47.61, 95.61°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% -0.0161 0.1089)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.11 98.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.9241, 31.7114, 9.5974)
Luminance	0.3171 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9941 #4152AA

analogous

#AA6441 #AA9941 #86AA41

triadic

#AA9941 #41AA99 #9941AA

tetradic

#AA9941 #41AA64 #4152AA #AA4186

square

#AA9941 #41AA64 #4152AA #AA4186

split-complementary

#AA9941 #4186AA #6441AA

monochromatic

#51491F #7E7130 #AA9941 #C4B464 #D5CA91

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AA9941 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.34

#AA9941 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9941

7.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9941	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9941	1.00	2.86	7.34	7.34
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A79537

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B45

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9941;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.110 98.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b679',
    500: '#aa9941',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9941;
$custom-light: #c6b679;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9941",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.286,
    "s": 44.681,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68035,
    "c": 0.11004,
    "h": 98.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9941

secondary

#8790C0

accent

#68D453

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9941

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

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