#AA9E31#AA9E31

#AA9E31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.127 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9E31
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 49)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 71.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.34, -8.30, 55.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.34, 56.17, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.97% -0.0284 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(68.97% 0.127 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3601, 33.2227, 7.7712)
Luminance	0.3322 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9E31 #313DAA

analogous

#AA6231 #AA9E31 #79AA31

triadic

#AA9E31 #31AA9E #9E31AA

tetradic

#AA9E31 #31AA62 #313DAA #AA3179

square

#AA9E31 #31AA62 #313DAA #AA3179

split-complementary

#AA9E31 #3179AA #6231AA

monochromatic

#4B4616 #7A7223 #AA9E31 #CCBF4D #D9D07C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AA9E31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.64

#AA9E31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9E31

7.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9E31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9E31	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)

#AC9920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9e31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.127 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ba70',
    500: '#aa9e31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9e31;
$custom-light: #c7ba70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9e31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.05,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68975,
    "c": 0.12678,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33222
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9E31

secondary

#757DC2

accent

#58DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9E31

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

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