#AA9D31#AA9D31

#AA9D31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.126 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9D31
RGB	rgb(170, 157, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 71.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, -7.77, 55.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 55.83, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.76% -0.0269 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(68.76% 0.126 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.1902, 32.8830, 7.7146)
Luminance	0.3288 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9D31 #313EAA

analogous

#AA6131 #AA9D31 #7AAA31

triadic

#AA9D31 #31AA9D #9D31AA

tetradic

#AA9D31 #31AA61 #313EAA #AA317A

square

#AA9D31 #31AA61 #313EAA #AA317A

split-complementary

#AA9D31 #317AAA #6131AA

monochromatic

#4B4516 #7A7123 #AA9D31 #CCBE4D #D9CF7C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AA9D31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#AA9D31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9D31

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9D31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9D31	1.00	2.77	7.58	7.58
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.58	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9820

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9d31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 157, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.126 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b970',
    500: '#aa9d31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9d31;
$custom-light: #c7b970;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9d31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.554,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68757,
    "c": 0.12589,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.32882
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9D31

secondary

#757DC2

accent

#59DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9D31

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

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