#AA9B2D#AA9B2D

#AA9B2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.127 H 101.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9B2D
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 45)
HSL	hsl(53, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 73.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.49, -6.90, 56.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.49, 56.68, 97.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.29% -0.0248 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(68.29% 0.127 101.3)
XYZ	xyz(28.7739, 32.1795, 7.1777)
Luminance	0.3218 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9B2D #2D3CAA

analogous

#AA5D2D #AA9B2D #7BAA2D

triadic

#AA9B2D #2DAA9B #9B2DAA

tetradic

#AA9B2D #2DAA5D #2D3CAA #AA2D7B

square

#AA9B2D #2DAA5D #2D3CAA #AA2D7B

split-complementary

#AA9B2D #2D7BAA #5D2DAA

monochromatic

#494313 #7A6F20 #AA9B2D #CEBE46 #DBCF77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AA9B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#AA9B2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9B2D

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9B2D	1.00	2.82	7.44	7.44
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA961A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.127 101.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b86e',
    500: '#aa9b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9b2d;
$custom-light: #c7b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.8,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68292,
    "c": 0.12677,
    "h": 101.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9B2D

secondary

#707AC3

accent

#59E146

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9B2D

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

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