#AA9D49#AA9D49

#AA9D49 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.106 H 100.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9D49
RGB	rgb(170, 157, 73)
HSL	hsl(52, 40%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(52, 57%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 57.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -6.20, 44.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 45.33, 97.86°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0196 0.1046)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.106 100.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8382, 33.1422, 11.1274)
Luminance	0.3314 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9D49 #4956AA

analogous

#AA6D49 #AA9D49 #86AA49

triadic

#AA9D49 #49AA9D #9D49AA

tetradic

#AA9D49 #49AA6D #4956AA #AA4986

square

#AA9D49 #49AA6D #4956AA #AA4986

split-complementary

#AA9D49 #4986AA #6D49AA

monochromatic

#544E24 #7F7537 #AA9D49 #C1B66F #D4CC9A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AA9D49 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#AA9D49 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9D49

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9D49	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9D49	1.00	2.75	7.63	7.63
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9941

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9E4D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6938A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9d49;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 157, 73);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.106 100.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6b97e',
    500: '#aa9d49',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9d49;
$custom-light: #c6b97e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9d49",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 73
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.959,
    "s": 39.918,
    "l": 47.647
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68991,
    "c": 0.10639,
    "h": 100.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33141
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9D49

secondary

#8F95C0

accent

#68D058

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9D49

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

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