#AA9B32#AA9B32

#AA9B32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.123 H 101.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9B32
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 50)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 70.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.52, -6.65, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.52, 54.76, 96.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.33% -0.0236 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(68.33% 0.123 101)
XYZ	xyz(28.8759, 32.2203, 7.7151)
Luminance	0.3222 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9B32 #3241AA

analogous

#AA5F32 #AA9B32 #7DAA32

triadic

#AA9B32 #32AA9B #9B32AA

tetradic

#AA9B32 #32AA5F #3241AA #AA327D

square

#AA9B32 #32AA5F #3241AA #AA327D

split-complementary

#AA9B32 #327DAA #5F32AA

monochromatic

#4B4516 #7B7024 #AA9B32 #CBBB4E #D9CD7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AA9B32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.44

#AA9B32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9B32

7.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9B32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9B32	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)

#AA9622

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9b32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.123 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b870',
    500: '#aa9b32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9b32;
$custom-light: #c7b870;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9b32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68329,
    "c": 0.12347,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.32219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9B32

secondary

#7680C2

accent

#5CDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9B32

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

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