#AA9D33#AA9D33

#AA9D33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.125 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9D33
RGB	rgb(170, 157, 51)
HSL	hsl(53, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(53, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 70%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.08, -7.67, 54.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.08, 55.04, 98.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.77% -0.0263 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(68.77% 0.125 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2333, 32.9002, 7.9419)
Luminance	0.3290 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9D33 #3340AA

analogous

#AA6133 #AA9D33 #7BAA33

triadic

#AA9D33 #33AA9D #9D33AA

tetradic

#AA9D33 #33AA61 #3340AA #AA337B

square

#AA9D33 #33AA61 #3340AA #AA337B

split-complementary

#AA9D33 #337BAA #6133AA

monochromatic

#4C4617 #7B7225 #AA9D33 #CABD50 #D9CF7F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AA9D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#AA9D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9D33

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9D33	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)

#AB9823

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 157, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.125 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b971',
    500: '#aa9d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9d33;
$custom-light: #c7b971;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.445,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68773,
    "c": 0.12453,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32899
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9D33

secondary

#777FC2

accent

#5BDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9D33

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

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