#AA9D34#AA9D34

#AA9D34 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.124 H 102.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9D34
RGB	rgb(170, 157, 52)
HSL	hsl(53, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 69.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.09, -7.61, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.09, 54.64, 98.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.78% -0.0261 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(68.78% 0.124 102.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2556, 32.9092, 8.0592)
Luminance	0.3291 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9D34 #3441AA

analogous

#AA6234 #AA9D34 #7CAA34

triadic

#AA9D34 #34AA9D #9D34AA

tetradic

#AA9D34 #34AA62 #3441AA #AA347C

square

#AA9D34 #34AA62 #3441AA #AA347C

split-complementary

#AA9D34 #347CAA #6234AA

monochromatic

#4C4617 #7B7226 #AA9D34 #CABD51 #D8CF80

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AA9D34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#AA9D34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9D34

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9D34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9D34	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)

#AB9825

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9d34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 157, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.124 102.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7b972',
    500: '#aa9d34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9d34;
$custom-light: #c7b972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9d34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.39,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68781,
    "c": 0.12382,
    "h": 102.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.32908
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9D34

secondary

#7880C1

accent

#5BDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9D34

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

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