#AA994B#AA994B

#AA994B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.101 H 97.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA994B
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 75)
HSL	hsl(49, 39%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(49, 56%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 55.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.21, -3.88, 42.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.21, 42.87, 95.20°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% -0.0127 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.101 97.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2399, 31.8377, 11.2604)
Luminance	0.3184 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA994B #4B5CAA

analogous

#AA694B #AA994B #8BAA4B

triadic

#AA994B #4BAA99 #994BAA

tetradic

#AA994B #4BAA69 #4B5CAA #AA4B8B

square

#AA994B #4BAA69 #4B5CAA #AA4B8B

split-complementary

#AA994B #4B8BAA #694BAA

monochromatic

#554D26 #807338 #AA994B #C1B272 #D3C99C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AA994B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#AA994B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA994B

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA994B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA994B	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69644

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AB9C4E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68F87

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa994b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.101 97.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b680',
    500: '#aa994b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa994b;
$custom-light: #c5b680;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa994b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.263,
    "s": 38.776,
    "l": 48.039
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68152,
    "c": 0.10082,
    "h": 97.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA994B

secondary

#9199C0

accent

#6ECF59

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA994B

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

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