#AA9D3D#AA9D3D

#AA9D3D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.330; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.117 H 101.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9D3D
RGB	rgb(170, 157, 61)
HSL	hsl(53, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(53, 64%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 64.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.16, -7.07, 50.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.16, 50.84, 97.99°)
OKLab	oklab(68.86% -0.0235 0.1146)
OKLCH	oklch(68.86% 0.117 101.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4780, 32.9981, 9.2305)
Luminance	0.3300 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9D3D #3D4AAA

analogous

#AA663D #AA9D3D #80AA3D

triadic

#AA9D3D #3DAA9D #9D3DAA

tetradic

#AA9D3D #3DAA66 #3D4AAA #AA3D80

square

#AA9D3D #3DAA66 #3D4AAA #AA3D80

split-complementary

#AA9D3D #3D80AA #663DAA

monochromatic

#504A1D #7D732D #AA9D3D #C5B95F #D6CD8C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.76

#AA9D3D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.60

#AA9D3D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9D3D

7.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9D3D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9D3D	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)

#AB9832

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9E42

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B69289

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9B9B9B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9d3d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 157, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.117 101.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b977',
    500: '#aa9d3d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9d3d;
$custom-light: #c6b977;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9d3d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.844,
    "s": 47.186,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68861,
    "c": 0.11696,
    "h": 101.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.32997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9D3D

secondary

#828AC0

accent

#61D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9D3D

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

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