#AA9B2B#AA9B2B

#AA9B2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.128 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9B2B
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 43)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 74.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.48, -7.00, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.48, 57.42, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.28% -0.0253 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(68.28% 0.128 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(28.7363, 32.1645, 6.9797)
Luminance	0.3216 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9B2B #2B3AAA

analogous

#AA5B2B #AA9B2B #7AAA2B

triadic

#AA9B2B #2BAA9B #9B2BAA

tetradic

#AA9B2B #2BAA5B #2B3AAA #AA2B7A

square

#AA9B2B #2BAA5B #2B3AAA #AA2B7A

split-complementary

#AA9B2B #2B7AAA #5B2BAA

monochromatic

#484212 #796E1F #AA9B2B #CFBF43 #DCCF74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.83

#AA9B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.43

#AA9B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9B2B

7.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9B2B	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)

#AA9616

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79085

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.128 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b86d',
    500: '#aa9b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9b2b;
$custom-light: #c7b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.913,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68278,
    "c": 0.128,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9B2B

secondary

#6E78C3

accent

#58E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9B2B

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

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