#AA9E35#AA9E35

#AA9E35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.124 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9E35
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 53)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 68.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.37, -8.09, 53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.37, 54.59, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.01% -0.0273 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.01% 0.124 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4483, 33.2580, 8.2357)
Luminance	0.3326 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9E35 #3541AA

analogous

#AA6335 #AA9E35 #7BAA35

triadic

#AA9E35 #35AA9E #9E35AA

tetradic

#AA9E35 #35AA63 #3541AA #AA357B

square

#AA9E35 #35AA63 #3541AA #AA357B

split-complementary

#AA9E35 #357BAA #6335AA

monochromatic

#4D4718 #7B7326 #AA9E35 #C9BD53 #D8CF82

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AA9E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#AA9E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9E35

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9E35	1.00	2.74	7.65	7.65
#FFFFFF	2.74	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)

#AC9926

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.124 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ba72',
    500: '#aa9e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9e35;
$custom-light: #c6ba72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.846,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69007,
    "c": 0.12401,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9E35

secondary

#7A81C1

accent

#5BDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9E35

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

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