#AA9949#AA9949

#AA9949 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.103 H 97.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9949
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 73)
HSL	hsl(49, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 57.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.19, -4.05, 43.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.19, 43.83, 95.30°)
OKLab	oklab(68.13% -0.0134 0.1019)
OKLCH	oklch(68.13% 0.103 97.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1725, 31.8108, 10.9055)
Luminance	0.3181 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9949 #495AAA

analogous

#AA6949 #AA9949 #8AAA49

triadic

#AA9949 #49AA99 #9949AA

tetradic

#AA9949 #49AA69 #495AAA #AA498A

square

#AA9949 #49AA69 #495AAA #AA498A

split-complementary

#AA9949 #498AAA #6949AA

monochromatic

#544C24 #7F7237 #AA9949 #C1B36F #D4C99A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AA9949 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#AA9949 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9949

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9949	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9949	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69641

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9B4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9949;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.103 97.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b67e',
    500: '#aa9949',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9949;
$custom-light: #c6b67e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9949",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.485,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68127,
    "c": 0.10274,
    "h": 97.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9949

secondary

#8F98C0

accent

#6DD058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9949

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

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