#AA9D27#AA9D27

#AA9D27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.132 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9D27
RGB	rgb(170, 157, 39)
HSL	hsl(54, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(54, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.00, -8.23, 58.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.00, 59.46, 97.96°)
OKLab	oklab(68.69% -0.0292 0.1287)
OKLCH	oklch(68.69% 0.132 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.0021, 32.8077, 6.7239)
Luminance	0.3281 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9D27 #2734AA

analogous

#AA5B27 #AA9D27 #75AA27

triadic

#AA9D27 #27AA9D #9D27AA

tetradic

#AA9D27 #27AA5B #2734AA #AA2775

square

#AA9D27 #27AA5B #2734AA #AA2775

split-complementary

#AA9D27 #2775AA #5B27AA

monochromatic

#464110 #786F1C #AA9D27 #D2C33C #DED36E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AA9D27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#AA9D27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9D27

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9D27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9D27	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)

#AC980C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9d27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 157, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.132 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b96b',
    500: '#aa9d27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9d27;
$custom-light: #c7b96b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9d27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.046,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68689,
    "c": 0.132,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.32806
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9D27

secondary

#6972C4

accent

#52E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9D27

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

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