#AA9E27#AA9E27

#AA9E27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.331; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.133 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9E27
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 39)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.28, -8.76, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.28, 59.79, 98.43°)
OKLab	oklab(68.91% -0.0307 0.1293)
OKLCH	oklch(68.91% 0.133 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1720, 33.1475, 6.7806)
Luminance	0.3315 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9E27 #2733AA

analogous

#AA5C27 #AA9E27 #74AA27

triadic

#AA9E27 #27AA9E #9E27AA

tetradic

#AA9E27 #27AA5C #2733AA #AA2774

square

#AA9E27 #27AA5C #2733AA #AA2774

split-complementary

#AA9E27 #2774AA #5C27AA

monochromatic

#464110 #78701C #AA9E27 #D2C43C #DED36E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AA9E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#AA9E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9E27

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9E27	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)

#AD990B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19E30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.133 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ba6b',
    500: '#aa9e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9e27;
$custom-light: #c7ba6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.504,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68908,
    "c": 0.13286,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33146
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9E27

secondary

#6971C4

accent

#51E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9E27

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

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