#AA9F33#AA9F33

#AA9F33 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.126 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9F33
RGB	rgb(170, 159, 51)
HSL	hsl(54, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(54, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 70%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -8.73, 55.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 55.74, 99.01°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.0294 0.1229)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.126 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5745, 33.5825, 8.0556)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9F33 #333EAA

analogous

#AA6333 #AA9F33 #79AA33

triadic

#AA9F33 #33AA9F #9F33AA

tetradic

#AA9F33 #33AA63 #333EAA #AA3379

square

#AA9F33 #33AA63 #333EAA #AA3379

split-complementary

#AA9F33 #3379AA #6333AA

monochromatic

#4C4717 #7B7325 #AA9F33 #CABF50 #D9D07F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AA9F33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#AA9F33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9F33

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9F33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9F33	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9A23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9f33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 159, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.126 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb71',
    500: '#aa9f33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9f33;
$custom-light: #c7bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9f33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.454,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6921,
    "c": 0.12633,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33581
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9F33

secondary

#777EC2

accent

#58DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9F33

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

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