#AA9957#AA9957

#AA9957 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.320; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.089 H 95.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9957
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 87)
HSL	hsl(48, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(48, 49%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 48.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.36, -2.80, 36.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.36, 36.88, 94.36°)
OKLab	oklab(68.32% -0.0082 0.0881)
OKLCH	oklch(68.32% 0.089 95.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6900, 32.0178, 13.6311)
Luminance	0.3202 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9957 #5768AA

analogous

#AA6F57 #AA9957 #91AA57

triadic

#AA9957 #57AA99 #9957AA

tetradic

#AA9957 #57AA6F #5768AA #AA5791

square

#AA9957 #57AA6F #5768AA #AA5791

split-complementary

#AA9957 #5791AA #6F57AA

monochromatic

#59502D #827542 #AA9957 #BFB280 #D3CAA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AA9957 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.40

#AA9957 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9957

7.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9957	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9957	1.00	2.84	7.40	7.40
#FFFFFF	2.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A59652

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9C5A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59089

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9957;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.089 95.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b688',
    500: '#aa9957',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9957;
$custom-light: #c5b688;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9957",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.711,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68318,
    "c": 0.08852,
    "h": 95.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9957

secondary

#9CA3C1

accent

#75C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9957

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →