#AA9E37#AA9E37

#AA9E37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.123 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9E37
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.38, -7.97, 53.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.38, 53.77, 98.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.02% -0.0268 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(69.02% 0.123 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4952, 33.2768, 8.4831)
Luminance	0.3328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9E37 #3743AA

analogous

#AA6537 #AA9E37 #7DAA37

triadic

#AA9E37 #37AA9E #9E37AA

tetradic

#AA9E37 #37AA65 #3743AA #AA377D

square

#AA9E37 #37AA65 #3743AA #AA377D

split-complementary

#AA9E37 #377DAA #6537AA

monochromatic

#4E4819 #7C7328 #AA9E37 #C8BC56 #D7CF84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AA9E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#AA9E37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9E37

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9E37	1.00	2.74	7.66	7.66
#FFFFFF	2.74	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9929

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.123 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ba74',
    500: '#aa9e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9e37;
$custom-light: #c6ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.739,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69024,
    "c": 0.12255,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33276
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9E37

secondary

#7C83C1

accent

#5CDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9E37

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

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