#AA9E30#AA9E30

#AA9E30 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.127 H 103.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9E30
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 48)
HSL	hsl(54, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 71.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.33, -8.35, 55.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.33, 56.56, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.0286 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.127 103)
XYZ	xyz(29.3392, 33.2144, 7.6613)
Luminance	0.3321 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9E30 #303CAA

analogous

#AA6130 #AA9E30 #79AA30

triadic

#AA9E30 #30AA9E #9E30AA

tetradic

#AA9E30 #30AA61 #303CAA #AA3079

square

#AA9E30 #30AA61 #303CAA #AA3079

split-complementary

#AA9E30 #3079AA #6130AA

monochromatic

#4B4515 #7A7223 #AA9E30 #CCBF4B #DAD07B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AA9E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#AA9E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9E30

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9E30	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)

#AC991E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.127 103.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ba70',
    500: '#aa9e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9e30;
$custom-light: #c7ba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.098,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68968,
    "c": 0.12745,
    "h": 103
  },
  "luminance": 0.33213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9E30

secondary

#747BC2

accent

#57DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9E30

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

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