#AA9C4E#AA9C4E

#AA9C4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.101 H 99.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9C4E
RGB	rgb(170, 156, 78)
HSL	hsl(51, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(51, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 8.2%, 54.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.06, -5.25, 42.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.06, 42.52, 97.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.84% -0.0163 0.0993)
OKLCH	oklch(68.84% 0.101 99.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.8422, 32.8742, 11.9797)
Luminance	0.3287 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9C4E #4E5CAA

analogous

#AA6E4E #AA9C4E #8AAA4E

triadic

#AA9C4E #4EAA9C #9C4EAA

tetradic

#AA9C4E #4EAA6E #4E5CAA #AA4E8A

square

#AA9C4E #4EAA6E #4E5CAA #AA4E8A

split-complementary

#AA9C4E #4E8AAA #6E4EAA

monochromatic

#564F28 #80763B #AA9C4E #C0B575 #D3CB9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AA9C4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#AA9C4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9C4E

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9C4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9C4E	1.00	2.77	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A99847

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6928A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9c4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 156, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.101 99.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b982',
    500: '#aa9c4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9c4e;
$custom-light: #c5b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9c4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 156,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 50.87,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68837,
    "c": 0.1006,
    "h": 99.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9C4E

secondary

#949BC0

accent

#6CCD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9C4E

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

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