#AA9E4E#AA9E4E

#AA9E4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.103 H 100.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9E4E
RGB	rgb(170, 158, 78)
HSL	hsl(52, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(52, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 7.1%, 54.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, -6.32, 42.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 43.30, 98.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.0194 0.1007)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.103 100.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1805, 33.5509, 12.0925)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9E4E #4E5AAA

analogous

#AA704E #AA9E4E #88AA4E

triadic

#AA9E4E #4EAA9E #9E4EAA

tetradic

#AA9E4E #4EAA70 #4E5AAA #AA4E88

square

#AA9E4E #4EAA70 #4E5AAA #AA4E88

split-complementary

#AA9E4E #4E88AA #704EAA

monochromatic

#565028 #80773B #AA9E4E #C0B675 #D3CC9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AA9E4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#AA9E4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9E4E

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9E4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9E4E	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9A47

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AE9F52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5948C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9e4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 158, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.103 100.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5ba82',
    500: '#aa9e4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9e4e;
$custom-light: #c5ba82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9e4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.174,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69269,
    "c": 0.10251,
    "h": 100.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9E4E

secondary

#949AC0

accent

#6ACD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9E4E

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

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