#AA9B2E#AA9B2E

#AA9B2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.126 H 101.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9B2E
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.50, -6.86, 55.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.50, 56.31, 96.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.3% -0.0246 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(68.3% 0.126 101.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.7934, 32.1873, 7.2803)
Luminance	0.3219 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9B2E #2E3DAA

analogous

#AA5D2E #AA9B2E #7BAA2E

triadic

#AA9B2E #2EAA9B #9B2EAA

tetradic

#AA9B2E #2EAA5D #2E3DAA #AA2E7B

square

#AA9B2E #2EAA5D #2E3DAA #AA2E7B

split-complementary

#AA9B2E #2E7BAA #5D2EAA

monochromatic

#4A4314 #7A6F21 #AA9B2E #CDBD48 #DACF78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AA9B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#AA9B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9B2E

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9B2E	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)

#AA961C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.126 101.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b86e',
    500: '#aa9b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9b2e;
$custom-light: #c7b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.742,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68299,
    "c": 0.12613,
    "h": 101.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9B2E

secondary

#717BC3

accent

#5AE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9B2E

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

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