#AA9962#AA9962

#AA9962 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.076 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9962
RGB	rgb(170, 153, 98)
HSL	hsl(46, 30%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(46, 42%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10%, 42.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, -1.66, 31.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 31.21, 93.04°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.0038 0.0762)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.076 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1741, 32.2115, 16.1809)
Luminance	0.3221 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9962 #6273AA

analogous

#AA7562 #AA9962 #97AA62

triadic

#AA9962 #62AA99 #9962AA

tetradic

#AA9962 #62AA75 #6273AA #AA6297

square

#AA9962 #62AA75 #6273AA #AA6297

split-complementary

#AA9962 #6297AA #7562AA

monochromatic

#5E5433 #867849 #AA9962 #BFB38A #D5CDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AA9962 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#AA9962 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9962

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9962	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9962	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)

#A4975E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89C64

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4918B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9962;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 153, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.076 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b68f',
    500: '#aa9962',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9962;
$custom-light: #c4b68f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9962",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 153,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.833,
    "s": 29.752,
    "l": 52.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68496,
    "c": 0.07628,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9962

secondary

#A4ACC4

accent

#79C662

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9962

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

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