#AA9F21#AA9F21

#AA9F21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.137 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9F21
RGB	rgb(170, 159, 33)
HSL	hsl(55, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(55, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 80.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.53, -9.52, 61.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.53, 61.99, 98.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.09% -0.0333 0.1326)
OKLCH	oklch(69.09% 0.137 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.2516, 33.4534, 6.3549)
Luminance	0.3345 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9F21 #212CAA

analogous

#AA5A21 #AA9F21 #71AA21

triadic

#AA9F21 #21AA9F #9F21AA

tetradic

#AA9F21 #21AA5A #212CAA #AA2171

square

#AA9F21 #21AA5A #212CAA #AA2171

split-complementary

#AA9F21 #2171AA #5A21AA

monochromatic

#433F0D #776F17 #AA9F21 #D7CA31 #E1D764

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AA9F21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.69

#AA9F21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9F21

7.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9F21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9F21	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)

#AE9900

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79388

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9C9C9C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9f21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 159, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.137 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb69',
    500: '#aa9f21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9f21;
$custom-light: #c7bb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9f21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.182,
    "s": 67.488,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69094,
    "c": 0.13676,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33452
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9F21

secondary

#6169C6

accent

#4BEA3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9F21

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

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