#AA9C49#AA9C49

#AA9C49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.105 H 99.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9C49
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 73)
HSL	hsl(51, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(51, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 57.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, -5.66, 44.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 44.95, 97.24°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% -0.0181 0.1039)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.105 99.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.6697, 32.8052, 11.0712)
Luminance	0.3280 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9C49 #4957AA

analogous

#AA6B49 #AA9C49 #88AA49

triadic

#AA9C49 #49AA9C #9C49AA

tetradic

#AA9C49 #49AA6B #4957AA #AA4988

square

#AA9C49 #49AA6B #4957AA #AA4988

split-complementary

#AA9C49 #4988AA #6B49AA

monochromatic

#544D24 #7F7537 #AA9C49 #C1B56F #D4CB9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AA9C49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#AA9C49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9C49

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9C49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9C49	1.00	2.78	7.56	7.56
#FFFFFF	2.78	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99841

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9D4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9c49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.105 99.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b97e',
    500: '#aa9c49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9c49;
$custom-light: #c6b97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9c49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.34,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68774,
    "c": 0.10545,
    "h": 99.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.32804
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9C49

secondary

#8F96C0

accent

#69D058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9C49

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

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