#AA994E#AA994E

#AA994E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.098 H 96.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA994E
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 78)
HSL	hsl(49, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(49, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 54.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.24, -3.63, 41.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.24, 41.40, 95.03°)
OKLab	oklab(68.19% -0.0116 0.0972)
OKLCH	oklch(68.19% 0.098 96.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3450, 31.8798, 11.8139)
Luminance	0.3188 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA994E #4E5FAA

analogous

#AA6B4E #AA994E #8DAA4E

triadic

#AA994E #4EAA99 #994EAA

tetradic

#AA994E #4EAA6B #4E5FAA #AA4E8D

square

#AA994E #4EAA6B #4E5FAA #AA4E8D

split-complementary

#AA994E #4E8DAA #6B4EAA

monochromatic

#564D28 #80733B #AA994E #C0B275 #D3CA9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AA994E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#AA994E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA994E

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA994E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA994E	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A69647

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B68F88

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa994e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.098 96.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b682',
    500: '#aa994e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa994e;
$custom-light: #c5b682;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa994e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 48.913,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68191,
    "c": 0.09786,
    "h": 96.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.31879
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA994E

secondary

#949CC0

accent

#70CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA994E

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

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