#AA9E32#AA9E32

#AA9E32 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.126 H 102.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9E32
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 50)
HSL	hsl(54, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 70.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, -8.25, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 55.79, 98.50°)
OKLab	oklab(68.98% -0.0281 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(68.98% 0.126 102.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3814, 33.2313, 7.8836)
Luminance	0.3323 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9E32 #323EAA

analogous

#AA6232 #AA9E32 #7AAA32

triadic

#AA9E32 #32AA9E #9E32AA

tetradic

#AA9E32 #32AA62 #323EAA #AA327A

square

#AA9E32 #32AA62 #323EAA #AA327A

split-complementary

#AA9E32 #327AAA #6232AA

monochromatic

#4B4616 #7B7224 #AA9E32 #CBBF4E #D9D07D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AA9E32 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#AA9E32 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9E32

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9E32	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9E32	1.00	2.75	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.75	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.65	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9921

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E39

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9e32;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.126 102.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ba71',
    500: '#aa9e32',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9e32;
$custom-light: #c7ba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9e32",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54,
    "s": 54.545,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68983,
    "c": 0.12611,
    "h": 102.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3323
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9E32

secondary

#767EC2

accent

#59DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9E32

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

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