#AA9E2F#AA9E2F

#AA9E2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.128 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9E2F
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 47)
HSL	hsl(54, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 72.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -8.40, 56.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 56.94, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.96% -0.0289 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(68.96% 0.128 103)
XYZ	xyz(29.3188, 33.2062, 7.5539)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9E2F #2F3BAA

analogous

#AA602F #AA9E2F #79AA2F

triadic

#AA9E2F #2FAA9E #9E2FAA

tetradic

#AA9E2F #2FAA60 #2F3BAA #AA2F79

square

#AA9E2F #2FAA60 #2F3BAA #AA2F79

split-complementary

#AA9E2F #2F79AA #602FAA

monochromatic

#4A4514 #7A7122 #AA9E2F #CDC049 #DAD179

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AA9E2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#AA9E2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9E2F

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9E2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9E2F	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)

#AD991C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9e2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.128 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ba6f',
    500: '#aa9e2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9e2f;
$custom-light: #c7ba6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9e2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.146,
    "s": 56.682,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68961,
    "c": 0.1281,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.33205
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9E2F

secondary

#727AC2

accent

#57E048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9E2F

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

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