#AA9A33#AA9A33

#AA9A33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.122 H 100.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9A33
RGB	rgb(170, 154, 51)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 70%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.26, -6.06, 53.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.26, 54.02, 96.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.12% -0.0218 0.12)
OKLCH	oklch(68.12% 0.122 100.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7320, 31.8976, 7.7747)
Luminance	0.3190 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9A33 #3343AA

analogous

#AA5E33 #AA9A33 #7EAA33

triadic

#AA9A33 #33AA9A #9A33AA

tetradic

#AA9A33 #33AA5E #3343AA #AA337E

square

#AA9A33 #33AA5E #3343AA #AA337E

split-complementary

#AA9A33 #337EAA #5E33AA

monochromatic

#4C4517 #7B6F25 #AA9A33 #CABA50 #D9CC7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.85

#AA9A33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#AA9A33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9A33

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9A33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9A33	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)

#A99624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9a33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 154, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.122 100.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b771',
    500: '#aa9a33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9a33;
$custom-light: #c7b771;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9a33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.933,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6812,
    "c": 0.12193,
    "h": 100.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.31896
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9A33

secondary

#7781C2

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9A33

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

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