#AA9F2C#AA9F2C

#AA9F2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.131 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.70:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9F2C
RGB	rgb(170, 159, 44)
HSL	hsl(55, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 74.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.58, -9.08, 57.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.58, 58.39, 98.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.0311 0.1271)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.131 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4316, 33.5254, 7.3031)
Luminance	0.3352 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9F2C #2C37AA

analogous

#AA602C #AA9F2C #76AA2C

triadic

#AA9F2C #2CAA9F #9F2CAA

tetradic

#AA9F2C #2CAA60 #2C37AA #AA2C76

square

#AA9F2C #2CAA60 #2C37AA #AA2C76

split-complementary

#AA9F2C #2C76AA #602CAA

monochromatic

#494413 #79721F #AA9F2C #CFC344 #DBD275

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.73

#AA9F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.70

#AA9F2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9F2C

7.70:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9F2C	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)

#AE9A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 159, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.131 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb6e',
    500: '#aa9f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9f2c;
$custom-light: #c7bb6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.762,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69159,
    "c": 0.13086,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9F2C

secondary

#6F76C3

accent

#53E246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#141108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9F2C

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

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