#AA9E29#AA9E29

#AA9E29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.132 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9E29
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 41)
HSL	hsl(54, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(54, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 75.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.29, -8.68, 58.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.29, 59.11, 98.44°)
OKLab	oklab(68.92% -0.0302 0.1282)
OKLCH	oklch(68.92% 0.132 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2060, 33.1611, 6.9597)
Luminance	0.3316 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9E29 #2935AA

analogous

#AA5E29 #AA9E29 #76AA29

triadic

#AA9E29 #29AA9E #9E29AA

tetradic

#AA9E29 #29AA5E #2935AA #AA2976

square

#AA9E29 #29AA5E #2935AA #AA2976

split-complementary

#AA9E29 #2976AA #5E29AA

monochromatic

#474211 #79701D #AA9E29 #D1C33F #DDD371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AA9E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#AA9E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9E29

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9E29	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)

#AD9910

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.132 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ba6c',
    500: '#aa9e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9e29;
$custom-light: #c7ba6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.419,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6892,
    "c": 0.13174,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.3316
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9E29

secondary

#6B73C4

accent

#52E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9E29

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

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