#AA9B3D#AA9B3D

#AA9B3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.323; OKLCH L 68.4% C 0.115 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9B3D
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 61)
HSL	hsl(52, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(52, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 64.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.61, -6.00, 49.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.61, 50.12, 96.87°)
OKLab	oklab(68.43% -0.0205 0.1133)
OKLCH	oklch(68.43% 0.115 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1424, 32.3269, 9.1186)
Luminance	0.3233 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9B3D #3D4CAA

analogous

#AA643D #AA9B3D #82AA3D

triadic

#AA9B3D #3DAA9B #9B3DAA

tetradic

#AA9B3D #3DAA64 #3D4CAA #AA3D82

square

#AA9B3D #3DAA64 #3D4CAA #AA3D82

split-complementary

#AA9B3D #3D82AA #643DAA

monochromatic

#50491D #7D722D #AA9B3D #C5B75F #D6CB8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.81

#AA9B3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.47

#AA9B3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9B3D

7.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9B3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9B3D	1.00	2.81	7.47	7.47
#FFFFFF	2.81	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99732

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79087

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9b3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.4% 0.115 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b877',
    500: '#aa9b3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9b3d;
$custom-light: #c6b877;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9b3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.743,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68427,
    "c": 0.11516,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9B3D

secondary

#828BC0

accent

#63D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9B3D

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

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