#AA9961#AA9961

#AA9961 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.077 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9961
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 97)
HSL	hsl(46, 30%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(46, 43%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 42.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, -1.77, 31.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 31.73, 93.19°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.0042 0.0773)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.077 93.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.1272, 32.1927, 15.9338)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9961 #6172AA

analogous

#AA7461 #AA9961 #97AA61

triadic

#AA9961 #61AA99 #9961AA

tetradic

#AA9961 #61AA74 #6172AA #AA6197

square

#AA9961 #61AA74 #6172AA #AA6197

split-complementary

#AA9961 #6197AA #7461AA

monochromatic

#5E5433 #867748 #AA9961 #BFB389 #D5CCB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AA9961 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#AA9961 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9961

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9961	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9961	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A4975D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99C63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9961;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.077 93.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b68f',
    500: '#aa9961',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9961;
$custom-light: #c4b68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9961",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.027,
    "s": 30.041,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68479,
    "c": 0.07743,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32192
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9961

secondary

#A4ABC3

accent

#79C662

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9961

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

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