#AA9A35#AA9A35

#AA9A35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.120 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9A35
RGB	rgb(170, 154, 53)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 68.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.27, -5.95, 52.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.27, 53.20, 96.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.14% -0.0213 0.1186)
OKLCH	oklch(68.14% 0.12 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7770, 31.9156, 8.0120)
Luminance	0.3191 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9A35 #3545AA

analogous

#AA5F35 #AA9A35 #7FAA35

triadic

#AA9A35 #35AA9A #9A35AA

tetradic

#AA9A35 #35AA5F #3545AA #AA357F

square

#AA9A35 #35AA5F #3545AA #AA357F

split-complementary

#AA9A35 #357FAA #5F35AA

monochromatic

#4D4518 #7B7026 #AA9A35 #C9B953 #D8CC82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AA9A35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#AA9A35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9A35

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9A35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9A35	1.00	2.84	7.38	7.38
#FFFFFF	2.84	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)

#A89627

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9a35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 154, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.120 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b772',
    500: '#aa9a35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9a35;
$custom-light: #c7b772;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9a35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.795,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68137,
    "c": 0.12049,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.31914
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9A35

secondary

#7A83C1

accent

#60DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9A35

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

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