#AA9F31#AA9F31

#AA9F31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.128 H 103.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9F31
RGB	rgb(170, 159, 49)
HSL	hsl(55, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(55, 71%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 71.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, -8.83, 55.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 56.52, 98.99°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.0299 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.128 103.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5313, 33.5653, 7.8283)
Luminance	0.3356 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9F31 #313CAA

analogous

#AA6231 #AA9F31 #79AA31

triadic

#AA9F31 #31AA9F #9F31AA

tetradic

#AA9F31 #31AA62 #313CAA #AA3179

square

#AA9F31 #31AA62 #313CAA #AA3179

split-complementary

#AA9F31 #3179AA #6231AA

monochromatic

#4B4616 #7A7323 #AA9F31 #CCC04D #D9D17C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AA9F31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#AA9F31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9F31

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9F31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9F31	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)

#AD9A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9f31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 159, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.128 103.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb70',
    500: '#aa9f31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9f31;
$custom-light: #c7bb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9f31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 55.251,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69194,
    "c": 0.12768,
    "h": 103.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33564
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9F31

secondary

#757CC2

accent

#57DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9F31

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

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