#AA9A36#AA9A36

#AA9A36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.1% C 0.120 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9A36
RGB	rgb(170, 154, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.28, -5.89, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.28, 52.79, 96.41°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% -0.021 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.12 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8003, 31.9249, 8.1344)
Luminance	0.3192 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9A36 #3646AA

analogous

#AA6036 #AA9A36 #80AA36

triadic

#AA9A36 #36AA9A #9A36AA

tetradic

#AA9A36 #36AA60 #3646AA #AA3680

square

#AA9A36 #36AA60 #3646AA #AA3680

split-complementary

#AA9A36 #3680AA #6036AA

monochromatic

#4D4618 #7C7027 #AA9A36 #C9B954 #D8CC83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AA9A36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.38

#AA9A36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9A36

7.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9A36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9A36	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)

#A89629

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9a36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 154, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.1% 0.120 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b773',
    500: '#aa9a36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9a36;
$custom-light: #c6b773;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9a36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.724,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68145,
    "c": 0.11975,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.31924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9A36

secondary

#7B84C1

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9A36

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

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