#AA9D2E#AA9D2E

#AA9D2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.7% C 0.128 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9D2E
RGB	rgb(170, 157, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.05, -7.92, 56.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.05, 56.97, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.74% -0.0276 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(68.74% 0.128 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.1290, 32.8585, 7.3922)
Luminance	0.3286 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9D2E #2E3BAA

analogous

#AA5F2E #AA9D2E #79AA2E

triadic

#AA9D2E #2EAA9D #9D2EAA

tetradic

#AA9D2E #2EAA5F #2E3BAA #AA2E79

square

#AA9D2E #2EAA5F #2E3BAA #AA2E79

split-complementary

#AA9D2E #2E79AA #5F2EAA

monochromatic

#4A4414 #7A7121 #AA9D2E #CDBF48 #DAD078

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AA9D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.57

#AA9D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9D2E

7.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9D2E	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)

#AC981B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E35

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79287

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 157, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.7% 0.128 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b96f',
    500: '#aa9d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9d2e;
$custom-light: #c7b96f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.71,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68735,
    "c": 0.12786,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.32857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9D2E

secondary

#717AC3

accent

#57E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9D2E

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

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