#AA9943#AA9943

#AA9943 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.108 H 98.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9943
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 67)
HSL	hsl(50, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(50, 61%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 60.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.12, -4.51, 46.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.12, 46.68, 95.54°)
OKLab	oklab(68.06% -0.0155 0.1072)
OKLCH	oklch(68.06% 0.108 98.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.9831, 31.7350, 9.9079)
Luminance	0.3173 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9943 #4354AA

analogous

#AA6643 #AA9943 #88AA43

triadic

#AA9943 #43AA99 #9943AA

tetradic

#AA9943 #43AA66 #4354AA #AA4388

square

#AA9943 #43AA66 #4354AA #AA4388

split-complementary

#AA9943 #4388AA #6643AA

monochromatic

#524A20 #7E7132 #AA9943 #C3B467 #D4CA93

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AA9943 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#AA9943 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9943

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9943	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9943	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A7953A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B47

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9943;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.108 98.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b67a',
    500: '#aa9943',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9943;
$custom-light: #c6b67a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9943",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.097,
    "s": 43.46,
    "l": 46.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68057,
    "c": 0.10827,
    "h": 98.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31734
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9943

secondary

#8992C0

accent

#69D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9943

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

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