#AA9C2F#AA9C2F

#AA9C2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.325; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.126 H 101.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9C2F
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 47)
HSL	hsl(53, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 72.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -7.34, 55.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 56.26, 97.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.52% -0.0259 0.1237)
OKLCH	oklch(68.52% 0.126 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(28.9804, 32.5295, 7.4411)
Luminance	0.3253 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9C2F #2F3DAA

analogous

#AA5F2F #AA9C2F #7AAA2F

triadic

#AA9C2F #2FAA9C #9C2FAA

tetradic

#AA9C2F #2FAA5F #2F3DAA #AA2F7A

square

#AA9C2F #2FAA5F #2F3DAA #AA2F7A

split-complementary

#AA9C2F #2F7AAA #5F2FAA

monochromatic

#4A4414 #7A7022 #AA9C2F #CDBE49 #DACF79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AA9C2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#AA9C2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9C2F

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9C2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9C2F	1.00	2.80	7.51	7.51
#FFFFFF	2.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB971D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9c2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.126 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b86f',
    500: '#aa9c2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9c2f;
$custom-light: #c7b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9c2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.171,
    "s": 56.682,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68524,
    "c": 0.12634,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32528
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9C2F

secondary

#727CC2

accent

#59E048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9C2F

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

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