#AA9E38#AA9E38

#AA9E38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.333; OKLCH L 69.0% C 0.122 H 102.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9E38
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 56)
HSL	hsl(54, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.39, -7.91, 52.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.39, 53.35, 98.53°)
OKLab	oklab(69.03% -0.0265 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(69.03% 0.122 102.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.5194, 33.2865, 8.6106)
Luminance	0.3328 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9E38 #3844AA

analogous

#AA6538 #AA9E38 #7DAA38

triadic

#AA9E38 #38AA9E #9E38AA

tetradic

#AA9E38 #38AA65 #3844AA #AA387D

square

#AA9E38 #38AA65 #3844AA #AA387D

split-complementary

#AA9E38 #387DAA #6538AA

monochromatic

#4E481A #7C7329 #AA9E38 #C8BC57 #D7CE85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.74

#AA9E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.66

#AA9E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9E38

7.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9E38	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)

#AC992A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79389

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.0% 0.122 102.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ba74',
    500: '#aa9e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9e38;
$custom-light: #c6ba74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.684,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69033,
    "c": 0.1218,
    "h": 102.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33285
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9E38

secondary

#7D84C1

accent

#5DDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9E38

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

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