#AA9A29#AA9A29
#AA9A29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.0% C 0.128 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AA9A29 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(170, 154, 41) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 61%, 41%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 76%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 75.9%, 33.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.19, -6.55, 57.44) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.19, 57.81, 96.51°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.05% -0.0242 0.126) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.05% 0.128 100.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.5348, 31.8187, 6.7360) |
| Luminance | 0.3182 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 3.78
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 4.43
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 4.72
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 5.22
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 5.58
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 5.59
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AA9A29 #2939AA
analogous
#AA5A29 #AA9A29 #7AAA29
triadic
#AA9A29 #29AA9A #9A29AA
tetradic
#AA9A29 #29AA5A #2939AA #AA297A
square
#AA9A29 #29AA5A #2939AA #AA297A
split-complementary
#AA9A29 #297AAA #5A29AA
monochromatic
#474111 #796D1D #AA9A29 #D1BF3F #DDCF71
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.85
#AA9A29 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.36
#AA9A29 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AA9A29
7.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AA9A29 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AA9A29 | 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)
#A99512
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AE9C31
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B78E84
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aa9a29; /* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 154, 41); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.0% 0.128 100.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c7b76c',
500: '#aa9a29',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aa9a29; $custom-light: #c7b76c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aa9a29",
"rgb": {
"r": 170,
"g": 154,
"b": 41
},
"hsl": {
"h": 52.558,
"s": 61.137,
"l": 41.373
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68047,
"c": 0.12835,
"h": 100.9
},
"luminance": 0.31817
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AA9A29
secondary
#6B76C4
accent
#57E444
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#141107
muted
#82807A