#AA9D2A#AA9D2A

#AA9D2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.130 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9D2A
RGB	rgb(170, 157, 42)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 75.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.02, -8.11, 57.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.02, 58.43, 97.97°)
OKLab	oklab(68.71% -0.0285 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(68.71% 0.13 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.0538, 32.8284, 6.9962)
Luminance	0.3283 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9D2A #2A37AA

analogous

#AA5D2A #AA9D2A #77AA2A

triadic

#AA9D2A #2AAA9D #9D2AAA

tetradic

#AA9D2A #2AAA5D #2A37AA #AA2A77

square

#AA9D2A #2AAA5D #2A37AA #AA2A77

split-complementary

#AA9D2A #2A77AA #5D2AAA

monochromatic

#484212 #79701E #AA9D2A #D0C241 #DCD172

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.78

#AA9D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#AA9D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9D2A

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9D2A	1.00	2.78	7.57	7.57
#FFFFFF	2.78	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)

#AC9813

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 157, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.130 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b96c',
    500: '#aa9d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9d2a;
$custom-light: #c7b96c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.906,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68708,
    "c": 0.13029,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32827
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9D2A

secondary

#6C75C3

accent

#54E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9D2A

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

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