#AA9B29#AA9B29

#AA9B29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.321; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.129 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9B29
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 41)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 75.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, -7.08, 57.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 58.13, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.0258 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.129 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7005, 32.1501, 6.7912)
Luminance	0.3215 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9B29 #2938AA

analogous

#AA5B29 #AA9B29 #79AA29

triadic

#AA9B29 #29AA9B #9B29AA

tetradic

#AA9B29 #29AA5B #2938AA #AA2979

square

#AA9B29 #29AA5B #2938AA #AA2979

split-complementary

#AA9B29 #2979AA #5B29AA

monochromatic

#474111 #796E1D #AA9B29 #D1C03F #DDD071

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AA9B29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#AA9B29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9B29

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9B29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9B29	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)

#AA9612

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9b29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.129 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b86c',
    500: '#aa9b29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9b29;
$custom-light: #c7b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9b29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.023,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68265,
    "c": 0.12917,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9B29

secondary

#6B75C4

accent

#56E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9B29

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

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