#AA9F34#AA9F34

#AA9F34 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	#AA9F34
RGB	rgb(170, 159, 52)
HSL	hsl(54, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 69.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -8.67, 54.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 55.35, 99.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0291 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.126 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5968, 33.5914, 8.1729)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9F34 #343FAA

analogous

#AA6434 #AA9F34 #7AAA34

triadic

#AA9F34 #34AA9F #9F34AA

tetradic

#AA9F34 #34AA64 #343FAA #AA347A

square

#AA9F34 #34AA64 #343FAA #AA347A

split-complementary

#AA9F34 #347AAA #6434AA

monochromatic

#4C4717 #7B7326 #AA9F34 #CABF51 #D8D080

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AA9F34 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#AA9F34 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9F34

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9F34	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9F34	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)

#AD9A24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B79489

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9f34;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 159, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.126 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7bb72',
    500: '#aa9f34',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9f34;
$custom-light: #c7bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9f34",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.407,
    "s": 53.153,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69218,
    "c": 0.12564,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3359
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9F34

secondary

#787FC1

accent

#59DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9F34

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

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