#AA9B60#AA9B60

#AA9B60 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.080 H 95.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9B60
RGB	rgb(170, 155, 96)
HSL	hsl(48, 30%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(48, 44%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.8%, 43.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, -2.96, 32.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 33.01, 95.15°)
OKLab	oklab(68.89% -0.0078 0.08)
OKLCH	oklch(68.89% 0.08 95.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4110, 32.8343, 15.7998)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9B60 #606FAA

analogous

#AA7660 #AA9B60 #94AA60

triadic

#AA9B60 #60AA9B #9B60AA

tetradic

#AA9B60 #60AA76 #606FAA #AA6094

square

#AA9B60 #60AA76 #606FAA #AA6094

split-complementary

#AA9B60 #6094AA #7660AA

monochromatic

#5E5532 #857947 #AA9B60 #BFB488 #D5CDB0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AA9B60 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#AA9B60 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9B60

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9B60	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9B60	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A6985B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AA9D62

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4938C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9b60;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 155, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.080 95.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b88e',
    500: '#aa9b60',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9b60;
$custom-light: #c5b88e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9b60",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 155,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.838,
    "s": 30.328,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68889,
    "c": 0.08036,
    "h": 95.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32833
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9B60

secondary

#A3A9C3

accent

#76C761

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9B60

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

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