#AA9F27#AA9F27

#AA9F27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.134 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9F27
RGB	rgb(170, 159, 39)
HSL	hsl(55, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.56, -9.29, 59.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.56, 60.12, 98.89°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% -0.0322 0.1298)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.134 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3432, 33.4900, 6.8376)
Luminance	0.3349 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9F27 #2732AA

analogous

#AA5D27 #AA9F27 #73AA27

triadic

#AA9F27 #27AA9F #9F27AA

tetradic

#AA9F27 #27AA5D #2732AA #AA2773

square

#AA9F27 #27AA5D #2732AA #AA2773

split-complementary

#AA9F27 #2773AA #5D27AA

monochromatic

#464210 #78701C #AA9F27 #D2C63C #DED46E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AA9F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#AA9F27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9F27

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9F27	1.00	2.73	7.70	7.70
#FFFFFF	2.73	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.70	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE990A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79488

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 159, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.134 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb6b',
    500: '#aa9f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9f27;
$custom-light: #c7bb6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.962,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69127,
    "c": 0.13373,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33489
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9F27

secondary

#6970C4

accent

#50E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9F27

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

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