#AA9E45#AA9E45

#AA9E45 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.334; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.111 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9E45
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 69)
HSL	hsl(53, 42%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 59%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 59.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.51, -7.04, 47.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.51, 47.59, 98.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.0225 0.1087)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.111 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8797, 33.4306, 10.5079)
Luminance	0.3343 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9E45 #4551AA

analogous

#AA6C45 #AA9E45 #84AA45

triadic

#AA9E45 #45AA9E #9E45AA

tetradic

#AA9E45 #45AA6C #4551AA #AA4584

square

#AA9E45 #45AA6C #4551AA #AA4584

split-complementary

#AA9E45 #4584AA #6C45AA

monochromatic

#534D22 #7E7633 #AA9E45 #C2B86A #D4CD95

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AA9E45 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#AA9E45 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9E45

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9E45	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9E45	1.00	2.73	7.69	7.69
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB993C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9e45;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 69);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.111 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ba7c',
    500: '#aa9e45',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9e45;
$custom-light: #c6ba7c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9e45",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 69
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.871,
    "s": 42.259,
    "l": 46.863
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69162,
    "c": 0.11102,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9E45

secondary

#8B91C0

accent

#65D256

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9E45

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

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