#AA9B2A#AA9B2A

#AA9B2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; 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	#AA9B2A
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 42)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 75.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.47, -7.04, 57.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.47, 57.78, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.27% -0.0255 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(68.27% 0.129 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(28.7182, 32.1572, 6.8843)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9B2A #2A39AA

analogous

#AA5B2A #AA9B2A #79AA2A

triadic

#AA9B2A #2AAA9B #9B2AAA

tetradic

#AA9B2A #2AAA5B #2A39AA #AA2A79

square

#AA9B2A #2AAA5B #2A39AA #AA2A79

split-complementary

#AA9B2A #2A79AA #5B2AAA

monochromatic

#484212 #796E1E #AA9B2A #D0BF41 #DCD072

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AA9B2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#AA9B2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9B2A

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9B2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9B2A	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)

#AA9614

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9b2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.129 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b86c',
    500: '#aa9b2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9b2a;
$custom-light: #c7b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9b2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.969,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68271,
    "c": 0.12859,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32156
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9B2A

secondary

#6C77C3

accent

#57E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9B2A

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

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