#AA9A32#AA9A32

#AA9A32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.123 H 100.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9A32
RGB	rgb(170, 154, 50)
HSL	hsl(52, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 70.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.25, -6.12, 54.08)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.25, 54.42, 96.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.11% -0.0221 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(68.11% 0.123 100.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7102, 31.8888, 7.6599)
Luminance	0.3189 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9A32 #3242AA

analogous

#AA5E32 #AA9A32 #7EAA32

triadic

#AA9A32 #32AA9A #9A32AA

tetradic

#AA9A32 #32AA5E #3242AA #AA327E

square

#AA9A32 #32AA5E #3242AA #AA327E

split-complementary

#AA9A32 #327EAA #5E32AA

monochromatic

#4B4416 #7B6F24 #AA9A32 #CBBA4E #D9CD7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AA9A32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#AA9A32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9A32

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9A32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9A32	1.00	2.85	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.85	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99623

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9a32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 154, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.123 100.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b770',
    500: '#aa9a32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9a32;
$custom-light: #c7b770;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9a32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68112,
    "c": 0.12262,
    "h": 100.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.31888
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9A32

secondary

#7680C2

accent

#5EDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9A32

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

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