#AA9B34#AA9B34

#AA9B34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.322; OKLCH L 68.3% C 0.122 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9B34
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 52)
HSL	hsl(52, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 69.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.54, -6.54, 53.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.54, 53.95, 96.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.35% -0.0231 0.1199)
OKLCH	oklch(68.35% 0.122 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9200, 32.2379, 7.9474)
Luminance	0.3224 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9B34 #3443AA

analogous

#AA6034 #AA9B34 #7EAA34

triadic

#AA9B34 #34AA9B #9B34AA

tetradic

#AA9B34 #34AA60 #3443AA #AA347E

square

#AA9B34 #34AA60 #3443AA #AA347E

split-complementary

#AA9B34 #347EAA #6034AA

monochromatic

#4C4617 #7B7026 #AA9B34 #CABB51 #D8CD80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AA9B34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#AA9B34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9B34

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9B34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9B34	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)

#A99625

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9b34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.3% 0.122 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b872',
    500: '#aa9b34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9b34;
$custom-light: #c7b872;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9b34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.373,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68345,
    "c": 0.12207,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32237
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9B34

secondary

#7882C1

accent

#5EDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9B34

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

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