#AA9D2C#AA9D2C

#AA9D2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.328; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.129 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9D2C
RGB	rgb(170, 157, 44)
HSL	hsl(54, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 74.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.03, -8.02, 57.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.03, 57.71, 97.98°)
OKLab	oklab(68.72% -0.0281 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(68.72% 0.129 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0905, 32.8431, 7.1894)
Luminance	0.3284 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9D2C #2C39AA

analogous

#AA5E2C #AA9D2C #78AA2C

triadic

#AA9D2C #2CAA9D #9D2CAA

tetradic

#AA9D2C #2CAA5E #2C39AA #AA2C78

square

#AA9D2C #2CAA5E #2C39AA #AA2C78

split-complementary

#AA9D2C #2C78AA #5E2CAA

monochromatic

#494313 #79701F #AA9D2C #CFC044 #DBD175

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AA9D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#AA9D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9D2C

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9D2C	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)

#AC9817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 157, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.129 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b96d',
    500: '#aa9d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9d2c;
$custom-light: #c7b96d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.81,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68721,
    "c": 0.1291,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32842
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9D2C

secondary

#6F78C3

accent

#56E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9D2C

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

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