#AA9E2E#AA9E2E

#AA9E2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.129 H 103.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9E2E
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 46)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(54, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.32, -8.45, 56.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.32, 57.31, 98.48°)
OKLab	oklab(68.95% -0.0291 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(68.95% 0.129 103.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2988, 33.1983, 7.4488)
Luminance	0.3320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9E2E #2E3AAA

analogous

#AA602E #AA9E2E #78AA2E

triadic

#AA9E2E #2EAA9E #9E2EAA

tetradic

#AA9E2E #2EAA60 #2E3AAA #AA2E78

square

#AA9E2E #2EAA60 #2E3AAA #AA2E78

split-complementary

#AA9E2E #2E78AA #602EAA

monochromatic

#4A4414 #7A7121 #AA9E2E #CDC048 #DAD178

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AA9E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#AA9E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9E2E

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9E2E	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)

#AD991B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.129 103.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ba6f',
    500: '#aa9e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9e2e;
$custom-light: #c7ba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.194,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68953,
    "c": 0.12873,
    "h": 103.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9E2E

secondary

#7179C3

accent

#56E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9E2E

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

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