#AA9D4E#AA9D4E

#AA9D4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.102 H 100.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9D4E
RGB	rgb(170, 157, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.6%, 54.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -5.78, 42.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 42.91, 97.75°)
OKLab	oklab(69.05% -0.0178 0.1)
OKLCH	oklch(69.05% 0.102 100.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0107, 33.2112, 12.0358)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9D4E #4E5BAA

analogous

#AA6F4E #AA9D4E #89AA4E

triadic

#AA9D4E #4EAA9D #9D4EAA

tetradic

#AA9D4E #4EAA6F #4E5BAA #AA4E89

square

#AA9D4E #4EAA6F #4E5BAA #AA4E89

split-complementary

#AA9D4E #4E89AA #6F4EAA

monochromatic

#565028 #80763B #AA9D4E #C0B575 #D3CC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AA9D4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#AA9D4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9D4E

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9D4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9D4E	1.00	2.75	7.64	7.64
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AA9947

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AD9E52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6938B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9d4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 157, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.102 100.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b982',
    500: '#aa9d4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9d4e;
$custom-light: #c5b982;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9d4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 157,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.522,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69053,
    "c": 0.10154,
    "h": 100.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3321
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9D4E

secondary

#949AC0

accent

#6BCD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9D4E

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

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