#AA9D3C#AA9D3C

#AA9D3C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.118 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9D3C
RGB	rgb(170, 157, 60)
HSL	hsl(53, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 65%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 64.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.15, -7.13, 50.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.15, 51.28, 98.00°)
OKLab	oklab(68.85% -0.0238 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(68.85% 0.118 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4513, 32.9874, 9.0900)
Luminance	0.3299 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9D3C #3C49AA

analogous

#AA663C #AA9D3C #80AA3C

triadic

#AA9D3C #3CAA9D #9D3CAA

tetradic

#AA9D3C #3CAA66 #3C49AA #AA3C80

square

#AA9D3C #3CAA66 #3C49AA #AA3C80

split-complementary

#AA9D3C #3C80AA #663CAA

monochromatic

#50491C #7D732C #AA9D3C #C6BA5D #D6CD8B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AA9D3C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#AA9D3C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9D3C

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9D3C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9D3C	1.00	2.76	7.60	7.60
#FFFFFF	2.76	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9830

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9d3c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 157, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.118 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b976',
    500: '#aa9d3c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9d3c;
$custom-light: #c6b976;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9d3c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.909,
    "s": 47.826,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68851,
    "c": 0.11777,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.32986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9D3C

secondary

#8189C0

accent

#60D750

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9D3C

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

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