#AA9B38#AA9B38

#AA9B38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.119 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9B38
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 56)
HSL	hsl(52, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.57, -6.31, 51.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.57, 52.29, 96.93°)
OKLab	oklab(68.38% -0.0219 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(68.38% 0.119 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0140, 32.2755, 8.4421)
Luminance	0.3227 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9B38 #3847AA

analogous

#AA6238 #AA9B38 #80AA38

triadic

#AA9B38 #38AA9B #9B38AA

tetradic

#AA9B38 #38AA62 #3847AA #AA3880

square

#AA9B38 #38AA62 #3847AA #AA3880

split-complementary

#AA9B38 #3880AA #6238AA

monochromatic

#4E471A #7C7129 #AA9B38 #C8B957 #D7CC85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.82

#AA9B38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.45

#AA9B38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9B38

7.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9B38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9B38	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)

#A9972B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9b38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.119 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b874',
    500: '#aa9b38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9b38;
$custom-light: #c6b874;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9b38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.105,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6838,
    "c": 0.11912,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32274
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9B38

secondary

#7D86C1

accent

#60DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9B38

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

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