#AA9A27#AA9A27

#AA9A27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.129 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9A27
RGB	rgb(170, 154, 39)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.18, -6.64, 58.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.18, 58.50, 96.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.04% -0.0247 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(68.04% 0.129 101)
XYZ	xyz(28.5007, 31.8051, 6.5568)
Luminance	0.3180 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9A27 #2737AA

analogous

#AA5827 #AA9A27 #78AA27

triadic

#AA9A27 #27AA9A #9A27AA

tetradic

#AA9A27 #27AA58 #2737AA #AA2778

square

#AA9A27 #27AA58 #2737AA #AA2778

split-complementary

#AA9A27 #2778AA #5827AA

monochromatic

#464010 #786D1C #AA9A27 #D2C03C #DED06E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AA9A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.36

#AA9A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9A27

7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9A27	1.00	2.85	7.36	7.36
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9950E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78E84

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 154, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.129 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b76b',
    500: '#aa9a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9a27;
$custom-light: #c7b76b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.672,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68035,
    "c": 0.12948,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.31804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9A27

secondary

#6974C4

accent

#56E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9A27

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

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