#AA9C2E#AA9C2E

#AA9C2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.127 H 101.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9C2E
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 46)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(53, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.77, -7.39, 56.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.77, 56.64, 97.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.0261 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.127 101.9)
XYZ	xyz(28.9605, 32.5215, 7.3361)
Luminance	0.3252 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9C2E #2E3CAA

analogous

#AA5E2E #AA9C2E #7AAA2E

triadic

#AA9C2E #2EAA9C #9C2EAA

tetradic

#AA9C2E #2EAA5E #2E3CAA #AA2E7A

square

#AA9C2E #2EAA5E #2E3CAA #AA2E7A

split-complementary

#AA9C2E #2E7AAA #5E2EAA

monochromatic

#4A4414 #7A7021 #AA9C2E #CDBE48 #DACF78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AA9C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.50

#AA9C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9C2E

7.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9C2E	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)

#AB971B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79186

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.127 101.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b86e',
    500: '#aa9c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9c2e;
$custom-light: #c7b86e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.226,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68517,
    "c": 0.12699,
    "h": 101.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3252
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9C2E

secondary

#717AC3

accent

#58E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9C2E

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

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