#AA9A2E#AA9A2E

#AA9A2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.125 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9A2E
RGB	rgb(170, 154, 46)
HSL	hsl(52, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(52, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.22, -6.32, 55.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.22, 55.98, 96.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.08% -0.0231 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(68.08% 0.125 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6276, 31.8558, 7.2251)
Luminance	0.3185 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9A2E #2E3EAA

analogous

#AA5C2E #AA9A2E #7CAA2E

triadic

#AA9A2E #2EAA9A #9A2EAA

tetradic

#AA9A2E #2EAA5C #2E3EAA #AA2E7C

square

#AA9A2E #2EAA5C #2E3EAA #AA2E7C

split-complementary

#AA9A2E #2E7CAA #5C2EAA

monochromatic

#4A4314 #7A6E21 #AA9A2E #CDBC48 #DACE78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AA9A2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.37

#AA9A2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9A2E

7.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9A2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9A2E	1.00	2.85	7.37	7.37
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A9961C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9a2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 154, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.125 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b76e',
    500: '#aa9a2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9a2e;
$custom-light: #c7b76e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9a2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.258,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68082,
    "c": 0.1253,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.31855
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9A2E

secondary

#717CC3

accent

#5BE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9A2E

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →