#AA9C27#AA9C27

#AA9C27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.131 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9C27
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 39)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.73, -7.70, 58.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.73, 59.14, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.47% -0.0277 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(68.47% 0.131 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(28.8336, 32.4708, 6.6678)
Luminance	0.3247 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9C27 #2735AA

analogous

#AA5A27 #AA9C27 #76AA27

triadic

#AA9C27 #27AA9C #9C27AA

tetradic

#AA9C27 #27AA5A #2735AA #AA2776

square

#AA9C27 #27AA5A #2735AA #AA2776

split-complementary

#AA9C27 #2776AA #5A27AA

monochromatic

#464110 #786E1C #AA9C27 #D2C23C #DED26E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AA9C27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.49

#AA9C27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9C27

7.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9C27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9C27	1.00	2.80	7.49	7.49
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB970C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79086

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9c27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.131 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b86b',
    500: '#aa9c27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9c27;
$custom-light: #c7b86b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9c27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.588,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6847,
    "c": 0.13115,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9C27

secondary

#6972C4

accent

#54E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9C27

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

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