#AA9C30#AA9C30

#AA9C30 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	#AA9C30
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 48)
HSL	hsl(53, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 71.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.78, -7.29, 55.40)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.78, 55.88, 97.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.53% -0.0256 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(68.53% 0.126 101.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0008, 32.5376, 7.5485)
Luminance	0.3254 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9C30 #303EAA

analogous

#AA5F30 #AA9C30 #7BAA30

triadic

#AA9C30 #30AA9C #9C30AA

tetradic

#AA9C30 #30AA5F #303EAA #AA307B

square

#AA9C30 #30AA5F #303EAA #AA307B

split-complementary

#AA9C30 #307BAA #5F30AA

monochromatic

#4B4415 #7A7023 #AA9C30 #CCBD4B #DACF7B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AA9C30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#AA9C30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9C30

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9C30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9C30	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)

#AB971F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9A9A9A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9c30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.126 101.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b86f',
    500: '#aa9c30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9c30;
$custom-light: #c7b86f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9c30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.115,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68531,
    "c": 0.12569,
    "h": 101.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9C30

secondary

#747DC2

accent

#5ADF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9C30

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

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