#AA9D35#AA9D35

#AA9D35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.123 H 102.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.58:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9D35
RGB	rgb(170, 157, 53)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 68.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.09, -7.55, 53.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.09, 54.24, 98.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.79% -0.0258 0.1204)
OKLCH	oklch(68.79% 0.123 102.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2784, 32.9183, 8.1791)
Luminance	0.3292 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9D35 #3542AA

analogous

#AA6235 #AA9D35 #7CAA35

triadic

#AA9D35 #35AA9D #9D35AA

tetradic

#AA9D35 #35AA62 #3542AA #AA357C

square

#AA9D35 #35AA62 #3542AA #AA357C

split-complementary

#AA9D35 #357CAA #6235AA

monochromatic

#4D4718 #7B7226 #AA9D35 #C9BC53 #D8CE82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AA9D35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.58

#AA9D35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9D35

7.58:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9D35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9D35	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)

#AB9826

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9d35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 157, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.123 102.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b972',
    500: '#aa9d35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9d35;
$custom-light: #c6b972;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9d35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.333,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68789,
    "c": 0.12311,
    "h": 102.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.32917
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9D35

secondary

#7A82C1

accent

#5CDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9D35

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

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