#AA9E36#AA9E36

#AA9E36 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.123 H 102.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.65:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9E36
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 54)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.38, -8.03, 53.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.38, 54.18, 98.52°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.027 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.123 102.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4715, 33.2673, 8.3581)
Luminance	0.3327 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9E36 #3642AA

analogous

#AA6436 #AA9E36 #7CAA36

triadic

#AA9E36 #36AA9E #9E36AA

tetradic

#AA9E36 #36AA64 #3642AA #AA367C

square

#AA9E36 #36AA64 #3642AA #AA367C

split-complementary

#AA9E36 #367CAA #6436AA

monochromatic

#4D4818 #7C7327 #AA9E36 #C9BD54 #D8CF83

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AA9E36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.65

#AA9E36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9E36

7.65:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9E36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9E36	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)

#AC9928

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09E3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9e36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.123 102.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ba73',
    500: '#aa9e36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9e36;
$custom-light: #c6ba73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9e36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.793,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69015,
    "c": 0.12328,
    "h": 102.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33266
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9E36

secondary

#7B82C1

accent

#5BDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9E36

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

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