#AA9C32#AA9C32

#AA9C32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.5% C 0.124 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9C32
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 50)
HSL	hsl(53, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 70.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.80, -7.19, 54.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.80, 55.09, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% -0.0251 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.124 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0430, 32.5545, 7.7708)
Luminance	0.3255 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9C32 #3240AA

analogous

#AA6032 #AA9C32 #7CAA32

triadic

#AA9C32 #32AA9C #9C32AA

tetradic

#AA9C32 #32AA60 #3240AA #AA327C

square

#AA9C32 #32AA60 #3240AA #AA327C

split-complementary

#AA9C32 #327CAA #6032AA

monochromatic

#4B4516 #7B7124 #AA9C32 #CBBC4E #D9CE7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AA9C32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#AA9C32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9C32

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9C32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9C32	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)

#AB9722

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9c32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.5% 0.124 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b871',
    500: '#aa9c32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9c32;
$custom-light: #c7b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9c32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68547,
    "c": 0.12434,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32553
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9C32

secondary

#767FC2

accent

#5BDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9C32

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

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