#AA9A37#AA9A37
#AA9A37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.119 H 100.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AA9A37 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(170, 154, 55) |
| HSL | hsl(52, 51%, 44%) |
| HSV | hsv(52, 68%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 67.6%, 33.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.29, -5.84, 52.04) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.29, 52.37, 96.40°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.15% -0.0207 0.1172) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.15% 0.119 100) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.8240, 31.9344, 8.2594) |
| Luminance | 0.3193 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 4.75
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 5.15
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 5.28
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 5.74
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 6.30
Yellow Brown
#B79400
ΔE00 6.47
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AA9A37 #3747AA
analogous
#AA6137 #AA9A37 #81AA37
triadic
#AA9A37 #37AA9A #9A37AA
tetradic
#AA9A37 #37AA61 #3747AA #AA3781
square
#AA9A37 #37AA61 #3747AA #AA3781
split-complementary
#AA9A37 #3781AA #6137AA
monochromatic
#4E4619 #7C7028 #AA9A37 #C8B856 #D7CC84
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.84
#AA9A37 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.39
#AA9A37 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AA9A37
7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AA9A37 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AA9A37 | 1.00 | 2.84 | 7.39 | 7.39 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.84 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 7.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 7.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#A8962A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AD9C3D
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B78F86
Achromatopsia (no color)
#999999
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aa9a37; /* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 154, 55); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.119 100.0);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6b773',
500: '#aa9a37',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aa9a37; $custom-light: #c6b773; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aa9a37",
"rgb": {
"r": 170,
"g": 154,
"b": 55
},
"hsl": {
"h": 51.652,
"s": 51.111,
"l": 44.118
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68154,
"c": 0.11902,
"h": 100
},
"luminance": 0.31933
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AA9A37
secondary
#7C85C1
accent
#61DB4D
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F9F6ED
border
#D2D0C8
text
#131108
muted
#82807B