#AA9F35#AA9F35

#AA9F35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.125 H 103.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9F35
RGB	rgb(170, 159, 53)
HSL	hsl(54, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 68.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -8.62, 54.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 54.95, 99.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.0288 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.125 103.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6195, 33.6005, 8.2928)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9F35 #3540AA

analogous

#AA6435 #AA9F35 #7AAA35

triadic

#AA9F35 #35AA9F #9F35AA

tetradic

#AA9F35 #35AA64 #3540AA #AA357A

square

#AA9F35 #35AA64 #3540AA #AA357A

split-complementary

#AA9F35 #357AAA #6435AA

monochromatic

#4D4818 #7B7326 #AA9F35 #C9BE53 #D8D082

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AA9F35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#AA9F35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9F35

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9F35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9F35	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)

#AD9A26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9f35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 159, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.125 103.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb72',
    500: '#aa9f35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9f35;
$custom-light: #c6bb72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9f35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.359,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69226,
    "c": 0.12492,
    "h": 103.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33599
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9F35

secondary

#7A80C1

accent

#59DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9F35

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

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