#AA9B36#AA9B36

#AA9B36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.121 H 100.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9B36
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 54)
HSL	hsl(52, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.55, -6.43, 52.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.55, 53.13, 96.95°)
OKLab	oklab(68.36% -0.0225 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(68.36% 0.121 100.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9660, 32.2564, 8.1897)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9B36 #3645AA

analogous

#AA6136 #AA9B36 #7FAA36

triadic

#AA9B36 #36AA9B #9B36AA

tetradic

#AA9B36 #36AA61 #3645AA #AA367F

square

#AA9B36 #36AA61 #3645AA #AA367F

split-complementary

#AA9B36 #367FAA #6136AA

monochromatic

#4D4618 #7C7127 #AA9B36 #C9BA54 #D8CD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AA9B36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#AA9B36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9B36

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9B36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9B36	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)

#A99728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9C3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9b36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.121 100.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b873',
    500: '#aa9b36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9b36;
$custom-light: #c6b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9b36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.241,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68362,
    "c": 0.12062,
    "h": 100.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32255
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9B36

secondary

#7B84C1

accent

#5FDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9B36

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

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