#AA9C29#AA9C29

#AA9C29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.130 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9C29
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 41)
HSL	hsl(53, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(53, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 75.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.74, -7.62, 57.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.74, 58.45, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.48% -0.0273 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(68.48% 0.13 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(28.8676, 32.4844, 6.8469)
Luminance	0.3248 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9C29 #2937AA

analogous

#AA5C29 #AA9C29 #78AA29

triadic

#AA9C29 #29AA9C #9C29AA

tetradic

#AA9C29 #29AA5C #2937AA #AA2978

square

#AA9C29 #29AA5C #2937AA #AA2978

split-complementary

#AA9C29 #2978AA #5C29AA

monochromatic

#474211 #796F1D #AA9C29 #D1C13F #DDD171

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AA9C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#AA9C29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9C29

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9C29	1.00	2.80	7.50	7.50
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9711

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.130 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b86c',
    500: '#aa9c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9c29;
$custom-light: #c7b86c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.488,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68483,
    "c": 0.13002,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9C29

secondary

#6B75C4

accent

#55E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9C29

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

Preview Lab → · Contrast checker → · Palette generator →