#AA9B4E#AA9B4E

#AA9B4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.100 H 98.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9B4E
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 78)
HSL	hsl(50, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(50, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 54.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.79, -4.71, 41.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.79, 42.14, 96.42°)
OKLab	oklab(68.62% -0.0147 0.0986)
OKLCH	oklch(68.62% 0.1 98.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6751, 32.5400, 11.9240)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9B4E #4E5DAA

analogous

#AA6D4E #AA9B4E #8BAA4E

triadic

#AA9B4E #4EAA9B #9B4EAA

tetradic

#AA9B4E #4EAA6D #4E5DAA #AA4E8B

square

#AA9B4E #4EAA6D #4E5DAA #AA4E8B

split-complementary

#AA9B4E #4E8BAA #6D4EAA

monochromatic

#564E28 #80753B #AA9B4E #C0B475 #D3CB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AA9B4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#AA9B4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9B4E

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9B4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9B4E	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A89747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AC9D51

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69189

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9b4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.100 98.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b882',
    500: '#aa9b4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9b4e;
$custom-light: #c5b882;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9b4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.217,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68621,
    "c": 0.09967,
    "h": 98.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32539
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9B4E

secondary

#949BC0

accent

#6DCD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9B4E

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

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