#AA9C36#AA9C36

#AA9C36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.326; OKLCH L 68.6% C 0.121 H 101.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.52:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9C36
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.83, -6.97, 53.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.83, 53.48, 97.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.58% -0.024 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(68.58% 0.121 101.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1331, 32.5906, 8.2454)
Luminance	0.3259 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9C36 #3644AA

analogous

#AA6236 #AA9C36 #7EAA36

triadic

#AA9C36 #36AA9C #9C36AA

tetradic

#AA9C36 #36AA62 #3644AA #AA367E

square

#AA9C36 #36AA62 #3644AA #AA367E

split-complementary

#AA9C36 #367EAA #6236AA

monochromatic

#4D4718 #7C7127 #AA9C36 #C9BB54 #D8CD83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.79

#AA9C36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.52

#AA9C36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9C36

7.52:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9C36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9C36	1.00	2.79	7.52	7.52
#FFFFFF	2.79	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.52	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9728

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9D3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79187

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9c36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.6% 0.121 101.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b873',
    500: '#aa9c36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9c36;
$custom-light: #c6b873;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9c36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.759,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6858,
    "c": 0.12149,
    "h": 101.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.32589
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9C36

secondary

#7B83C1

accent

#5EDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9C36

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

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