#AA9C2B#AA9C2B

#AA9C2B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.129 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9C2B
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 43)
HSL	hsl(53, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 74.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.75, -7.53, 57.25)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.75, 57.74, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.5% -0.0268 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(68.5% 0.129 102)
XYZ	xyz(28.9034, 32.4987, 7.0354)
Luminance	0.3250 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9C2B #2B39AA

analogous

#AA5D2B #AA9C2B #79AA2B

triadic

#AA9C2B #2BAA9C #9C2BAA

tetradic

#AA9C2B #2BAA5D #2B39AA #AA2B79

square

#AA9C2B #2BAA5D #2B39AA #AA2B79

split-complementary

#AA9C2B #2B79AA #5D2BAA

monochromatic

#484212 #796F1F #AA9C2B #CFC043 #DCD074

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AA9C2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#AA9C2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9C2B

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9C2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9C2B	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)

#AB9716

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D33

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9c2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.129 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b86d',
    500: '#aa9c2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9c2b;
$custom-light: #c7b86d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9c2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.386,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68496,
    "c": 0.12884,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.32497
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9C2B

secondary

#6E77C3

accent

#56E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9C2B

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

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