#AA9D29#AA9D29

#AA9D29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.131 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9D29
RGB	rgb(170, 157, 41)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 75.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -8.15, 58.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 58.78, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.7% -0.0288 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(68.7% 0.131 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0361, 32.8213, 6.9031)
Luminance	0.3282 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9D29 #2936AA

analogous

#AA5D29 #AA9D29 #77AA29

triadic

#AA9D29 #29AA9D #9D29AA

tetradic

#AA9D29 #29AA5D #2936AA #AA2977

square

#AA9D29 #29AA5D #2936AA #AA2977

split-complementary

#AA9D29 #2977AA #5D29AA

monochromatic

#474211 #796F1D #AA9D29 #D1C23F #DDD271

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AA9D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.56

#AA9D29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9D29

7.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9D29	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)

#AC9811

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E31

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 157, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.131 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b96c',
    500: '#aa9d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9d29;
$custom-light: #c7b96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.953,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68701,
    "c": 0.13088,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3282
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9D29

secondary

#6B74C4

accent

#54E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9D29

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

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