#AA9F29#AA9F29

#AA9F29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.133 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9F29
RGB	rgb(170, 159, 41)
HSL	hsl(55, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(55, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 75.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.57, -9.21, 58.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.57, 59.44, 98.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.0317 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.133 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3772, 33.5036, 7.0168)
Luminance	0.3350 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9F29 #2934AA

analogous

#AA5F29 #AA9F29 #75AA29

triadic

#AA9F29 #29AA9F #9F29AA

tetradic

#AA9F29 #29AA5F #2934AA #AA2975

square

#AA9F29 #29AA5F #2934AA #AA2975

split-complementary

#AA9F29 #2975AA #5F29AA

monochromatic

#474311 #79711D #AA9F29 #D1C43F #DDD371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AA9F29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#AA9F29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9F29

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9F29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9F29	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)

#AE9910

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F32

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9f29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 159, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.133 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb6c',
    500: '#aa9f29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9f29;
$custom-light: #c7bb6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9f29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.884,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69139,
    "c": 0.13262,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33502
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9F29

secondary

#6B73C4

accent

#51E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9F29

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

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