#AA9B33#AA9B33

#AA9B33 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 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9B33
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 51)
HSL	hsl(52, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(52, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 70%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.53, -6.60, 53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.53, 54.36, 96.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.34% -0.0233 0.1205)
OKLCH	oklch(68.34% 0.123 101)
XYZ	xyz(28.8977, 32.2290, 7.8300)
Luminance	0.3223 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9B33 #3342AA

analogous

#AA5F33 #AA9B33 #7DAA33

triadic

#AA9B33 #33AA9B #9B33AA

tetradic

#AA9B33 #33AA5F #3342AA #AA337D

square

#AA9B33 #33AA5F #3342AA #AA337D

split-complementary

#AA9B33 #337DAA #5F33AA

monochromatic

#4C4517 #7B7025 #AA9B33 #CABB50 #D9CD7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AA9B33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#AA9B33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9B33

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9B33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9B33	1.00	2.82	7.45	7.45
#FFFFFF	2.82	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9624

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9b33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.123 101.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b871',
    500: '#aa9b33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9b33;
$custom-light: #c7b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9b33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.437,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68337,
    "c": 0.12278,
    "h": 101
  },
  "luminance": 0.32228
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9B33

secondary

#7781C2

accent

#5DDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9B33

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

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