#AA9D32#AA9D32

#AA9D32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.125 H 102.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9D32
RGB	rgb(170, 157, 50)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 70.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.07, -7.72, 54.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.07, 55.44, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% -0.0266 0.1224)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.125 102.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2115, 32.8915, 7.8270)
Luminance	0.3289 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9D32 #323FAA

analogous

#AA6132 #AA9D32 #7BAA32

triadic

#AA9D32 #32AA9D #9D32AA

tetradic

#AA9D32 #32AA61 #323FAA #AA327B

square

#AA9D32 #32AA61 #323FAA #AA327B

split-complementary

#AA9D32 #327BAA #6132AA

monochromatic

#4B4616 #7B7124 #AA9D32 #CBBD4E #D9CF7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AA9D32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#AA9D32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9D32

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9D32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9D32	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)

#AB9822

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9d32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 157, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.125 102.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b971',
    500: '#aa9d32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9d32;
$custom-light: #c7b971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9d32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.5,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68765,
    "c": 0.12522,
    "h": 102.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9D32

secondary

#767EC2

accent

#5ADE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9D32

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

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