#AA9B27#AA9B27

#AA9B27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.130 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9B27
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 39)
HSL	hsl(53, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.46, -7.17, 58.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.46, 58.82, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.25% -0.0262 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(68.25% 0.13 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.6665, 32.1365, 6.6121)
Luminance	0.3214 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9B27 #2736AA

analogous

#AA5927 #AA9B27 #77AA27

triadic

#AA9B27 #27AA9B #9B27AA

tetradic

#AA9B27 #27AA59 #2736AA #AA2777

square

#AA9B27 #27AA59 #2736AA #AA2777

split-complementary

#AA9B27 #2777AA #5927AA

monochromatic

#464010 #786E1C #AA9B27 #D2C13C #DED16E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AA9B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#AA9B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9B27

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9B27	1.00	2.83	7.43	7.43
#FFFFFF	2.83	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA960D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B78F85

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.130 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b86b',
    500: '#aa9b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9b27;
$custom-light: #c7b86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.13,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68252,
    "c": 0.13031,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32135
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9B27

secondary

#6973C4

accent

#55E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9B27

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

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