#AA9C33#AA9C33

#AA9C33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.124 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9C33
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 70%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.81, -7.13, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.81, 54.70, 97.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.55% -0.0248 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(68.55% 0.124 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0648, 32.5633, 7.8857)
Luminance	0.3256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9C33 #3341AA

analogous

#AA6033 #AA9C33 #7CAA33

triadic

#AA9C33 #33AA9C #9C33AA

tetradic

#AA9C33 #33AA60 #3341AA #AA337C

square

#AA9C33 #33AA60 #3341AA #AA337C

split-complementary

#AA9C33 #337CAA #6033AA

monochromatic

#4C4617 #7B7125 #AA9C33 #CABC50 #D9CE7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.80

#AA9C33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.51

#AA9C33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9C33

7.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9C33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9C33	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)

#AA9724

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9D39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9c33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.124 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b871',
    500: '#aa9c33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9c33;
$custom-light: #c7b871;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9c33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.941,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68555,
    "c": 0.12364,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32562
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9C33

secondary

#7780C2

accent

#5CDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9C33

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

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