#AA9C2A#AA9C2A
#AA9C2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.129 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #AA9C2A |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(170, 156, 42) |
| HSL | hsl(53, 60%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(53, 75%, 67%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 75.3%, 33.3%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(63.75, -7.57, 57.60) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(63.75, 58.10, 97.49°) |
| OKLab | oklab(68.49% -0.027 0.1266) |
| OKLCH | oklch(68.49% 0.129 102.1) |
| XYZ | xyz(28.8853, 32.4914, 6.9400) |
| Luminance | 0.3249 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Brown Yellow
#B29705
ΔE00 4.33
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 4.86
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 4.90
Baby Poo
#AB9004
ΔE00 5.16
Baby Shit Brown
#AD900D
ΔE00 5.46
Dark Gold
#B59410
ΔE00 5.88
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#AA9C2A #2A38AA
analogous
#AA5C2A #AA9C2A #78AA2A
triadic
#AA9C2A #2AAA9C #9C2AAA
tetradic
#AA9C2A #2AAA5C #2A38AA #AA2A78
square
#AA9C2A #2AAA5C #2A38AA #AA2A78
split-complementary
#AA9C2A #2A78AA #5C2AAA
monochromatic
#484212 #796F1E #AA9C2A #D0C041 #DCD172
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.80
#AA9C2A on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.50
#AA9C2A on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #AA9C2A
7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##AA9C2A | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##AA9C2A | 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)
#AB9714
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#AF9D32
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B79186
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9A9A9A
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #aa9c2a; /* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 42); /* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.129 102.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c7b86c',
500: '#aa9c2a',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #aa9c2a; $custom-light: #c7b86c; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#aa9c2a",
"rgb": {
"r": 170,
"g": 156,
"b": 42
},
"hsl": {
"h": 53.438,
"s": 60.377,
"l": 41.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.68489,
"c": 0.12944,
"h": 102.1
},
"luminance": 0.3249
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#AA9C2A
secondary
#6C76C3
accent
#56E444
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#141107
muted
#82807A