#AA9F2E#AA9F2E

#AA9F2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.130 H 103.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9F2E
RGB	rgb(170, 159, 46)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(55, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, -8.98, 56.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 57.66, 98.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.17% -0.0306 0.126)
OKLCH	oklch(69.17% 0.13 103.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.4701, 33.5408, 7.5059)
Luminance	0.3354 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9F2E #2E39AA

analogous

#AA612E #AA9F2E #77AA2E

triadic

#AA9F2E #2EAA9F #9F2EAA

tetradic

#AA9F2E #2EAA61 #2E39AA #AA2E77

square

#AA9F2E #2EAA61 #2E39AA #AA2E77

split-complementary

#AA9F2E #2E77AA #612EAA

monochromatic

#4A4514 #7A7221 #AA9F2E #CDC248 #DAD278

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AA9F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#AA9F2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9F2E

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9F2E	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)

#AD9A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 159, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.130 103.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb6f',
    500: '#aa9f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9f2e;
$custom-light: #c7bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.677,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69172,
    "c": 0.12964,
    "h": 103.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3354
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9F2E

secondary

#7178C3

accent

#55E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9F2E

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

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