#AA9E33#AA9E33

#AA9E33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.332; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.125 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9E33
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 51)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 70%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.35, -8.20, 54.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.35, 55.39, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(68.99% -0.0279 0.1223)
OKLCH	oklch(68.99% 0.125 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4032, 33.2400, 7.9985)
Luminance	0.3324 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9E33 #333FAA

analogous

#AA6333 #AA9E33 #7AAA33

triadic

#AA9E33 #33AA9E #9E33AA

tetradic

#AA9E33 #33AA63 #333FAA #AA337A

square

#AA9E33 #33AA63 #333FAA #AA337A

split-complementary

#AA9E33 #337AAA #6333AA

monochromatic

#4C4617 #7B7225 #AA9E33 #CABE50 #D9D07F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.75

#AA9E33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#AA9E33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9E33

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9E33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9E33	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)

#AC9923

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9e33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.125 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ba71',
    500: '#aa9e33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9e33;
$custom-light: #c7ba71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9e33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.95,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68991,
    "c": 0.12542,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33239
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9E33

secondary

#777FC2

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9E33

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

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