#AA9A61#AA9A61

#AA9A61 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.078 H 94.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9A61
RGB	rgb(170, 154, 97)
HSL	hsl(47, 30%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(47, 43%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.4%, 42.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, -2.31, 32.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 32.11, 94.13°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.0058 0.0781)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.078 94.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2916, 32.5214, 15.9886)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9A61 #6171AA

analogous

#AA7561 #AA9A61 #96AA61

triadic

#AA9A61 #61AA9A #9A61AA

tetradic

#AA9A61 #61AA75 #6171AA #AA6196

square

#AA9A61 #61AA75 #6171AA #AA6196

split-complementary

#AA9A61 #6196AA #7561AA

monochromatic

#5E5433 #867848 #AA9A61 #BFB389 #D5CDB1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AA9A61 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#AA9A61 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9A61

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9A61	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9A61	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A5985D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99D63

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4928C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9a61;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 154, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.078 94.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4b78f',
    500: '#aa9a61',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9a61;
$custom-light: #c4b78f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9a61",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 154,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.849,
    "s": 30.041,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68692,
    "c": 0.07831,
    "h": 94.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9A61

secondary

#A4AAC3

accent

#78C662

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9A61

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

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