#AA9D36#AA9D36

#AA9D36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.329; OKLCH L 68.8% C 0.122 H 102.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9D36
RGB	rgb(170, 157, 54)
HSL	hsl(53, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(53, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.10, -7.50, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.10, 53.83, 98.01°)
OKLab	oklab(68.8% -0.0255 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(68.8% 0.122 102)
XYZ	xyz(29.3016, 32.9276, 8.3015)
Luminance	0.3293 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9D36 #3643AA

analogous

#AA6336 #AA9D36 #7DAA36

triadic

#AA9D36 #36AA9D #9D36AA

tetradic

#AA9D36 #36AA63 #3643AA #AA367D

square

#AA9D36 #36AA63 #3643AA #AA367D

split-complementary

#AA9D36 #367DAA #6336AA

monochromatic

#4D4718 #7C7227 #AA9D36 #C9BC54 #D8CE83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.77

#AA9D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.59

#AA9D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9D36

7.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9D36	1.00	2.77	7.59	7.59
#FFFFFF	2.77	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9828

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79288

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 157, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.8% 0.122 102.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b973',
    500: '#aa9d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9d36;
$custom-light: #c6b973;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.276,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68797,
    "c": 0.12238,
    "h": 102
  },
  "luminance": 0.32926
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9D36

secondary

#7B83C1

accent

#5DDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9D36

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

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