#AA9A38#AA9A38

#AA9A38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.319; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.118 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9A38
RGB	rgb(170, 154, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.30, -5.78, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.30, 51.94, 96.39°)
OKLab	oklab(68.16% -0.0204 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(68.16% 0.118 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.8482, 31.9441, 8.3869)
Luminance	0.3194 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9A38 #3848AA

analogous

#AA6138 #AA9A38 #81AA38

triadic

#AA9A38 #38AA9A #9A38AA

tetradic

#AA9A38 #38AA61 #3848AA #AA3881

square

#AA9A38 #38AA61 #3848AA #AA3881

split-complementary

#AA9A38 #3881AA #6138AA

monochromatic

#4E471A #7C7029 #AA9A38 #C8B857 #D7CC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.84

#AA9A38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.39

#AA9A38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9A38

7.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9A38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9A38	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)

#A8962B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9C3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78F86

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9a38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 154, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.118 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b774',
    500: '#aa9a38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9a38;
$custom-light: #c6b774;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9a38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.579,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68163,
    "c": 0.11826,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.31943
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9A38

secondary

#7D86C1

accent

#62DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9A38

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

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