#AA9E2A#AA9E2A

#AA9E2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 68.9% C 0.131 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9E2A
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 42)
HSL	hsl(54, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 75.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.30, -8.64, 58.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.30, 58.76, 98.45°)
OKLab	oklab(68.93% -0.03 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(68.93% 0.131 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2236, 33.1682, 7.0528)
Luminance	0.3317 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9E2A #2A36AA

analogous

#AA5E2A #AA9E2A #76AA2A

triadic

#AA9E2A #2AAA9E #9E2AAA

tetradic

#AA9E2A #2AAA5E #2A36AA #AA2A76

square

#AA9E2A #2AAA5E #2A36AA #AA2A76

split-complementary

#AA9E2A #2A76AA #5E2AAA

monochromatic

#484312 #79701E #AA9E2A #D0C341 #DCD272

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AA9E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.63

#AA9E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9E2A

7.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9E2A	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)

#AD9913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.9% 0.131 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ba6d',
    500: '#aa9e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9e2a;
$custom-light: #c7ba6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.375,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68926,
    "c": 0.13116,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9E2A

secondary

#6C74C3

accent

#53E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9E2A

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

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