#AA9B37#AA9B37

#AA9B37 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.120 H 100.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9B37
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 55)
HSL	hsl(52, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.56, -6.37, 52.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.56, 52.71, 96.94°)
OKLab	oklab(68.37% -0.0222 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(68.37% 0.12 100.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9897, 32.2658, 8.3146)
Luminance	0.3226 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9B37 #3746AA

analogous

#AA6237 #AA9B37 #80AA37

triadic

#AA9B37 #37AA9B #9B37AA

tetradic

#AA9B37 #37AA62 #3746AA #AA3780

square

#AA9B37 #37AA62 #3746AA #AA3780

split-complementary

#AA9B37 #3780AA #6237AA

monochromatic

#4E4719 #7C7128 #AA9B37 #C8B956 #D7CC84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AA9B37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#AA9B37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9B37

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9B37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9B37	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)

#A9972A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9b37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.120 100.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b873',
    500: '#aa9b37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9b37;
$custom-light: #c6b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9b37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68371,
    "c": 0.11987,
    "h": 100.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32265
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9B37

secondary

#7C85C1

accent

#60DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9B37

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

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