#AA9E47#AA9E47

#AA9E47 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.109 H 101.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9E47
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 71)
HSL	hsl(53, 41%, 47%)
HSV	hsv(53, 58%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 58.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, -6.89, 46.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 46.66, 98.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% -0.0218 0.107)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.109 101.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9428, 33.4558, 10.8404)
Luminance	0.3346 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9E47 #4753AA

analogous

#AA6C47 #AA9E47 #85AA47

triadic

#AA9E47 #47AA9E #9E47AA

tetradic

#AA9E47 #47AA6C #4753AA #AA4785

square

#AA9E47 #47AA6C #4753AA #AA4785

split-complementary

#AA9E47 #4785AA #6C47AA

monochromatic

#544E23 #7F7635 #AA9E47 #C2B76C #D4CD98

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AA9E47 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#AA9E47 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9E47

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9E47	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9E47	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)

#AB9A3E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AF9F4B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B6948B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9e47;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 71);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.109 101.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6ba7d',
    500: '#aa9e47',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9e47;
$custom-light: #c6ba7d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9e47",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 71
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.727,
    "s": 41.079,
    "l": 47.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69184,
    "c": 0.1092,
    "h": 101.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9E47

secondary

#8D93C0

accent

#66D157

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9E47

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

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