#AA9F2F#AA9F2F

#AA9F2F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.335; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.129 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9F2F
RGB	rgb(170, 159, 47)
HSL	hsl(55, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 72.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.60, -8.93, 56.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.60, 57.28, 98.97°)
OKLab	oklab(69.18% -0.0304 0.1254)
OKLCH	oklch(69.18% 0.129 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4901, 33.5488, 7.6110)
Luminance	0.3355 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9F2F #2F3AAA

analogous

#AA612F #AA9F2F #78AA2F

triadic

#AA9F2F #2FAA9F #9F2FAA

tetradic

#AA9F2F #2FAA61 #2F3AAA #AA2F78

square

#AA9F2F #2FAA61 #2F3AAA #AA2F78

split-complementary

#AA9F2F #2F78AA #612FAA

monochromatic

#4A4514 #7A7222 #AA9F2F #CDC149 #DAD179

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AA9F2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#AA9F2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9F2F

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9F2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9F2F	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)

#AD9A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9f2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 159, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.129 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb6f',
    500: '#aa9f2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9f2f;
$custom-light: #c7bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9f2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.634,
    "s": 56.682,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69179,
    "c": 0.129,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33548
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9F2F

secondary

#727AC2

accent

#55E048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9F2F

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

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