#AA9F37#AA9F37

#AA9F37 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.123 H 103.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9F37
RGB	rgb(170, 159, 55)
HSL	hsl(54, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(54, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 67.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, -8.50, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 54.13, 99.04°)
OKLab	oklab(69.24% -0.0283 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(69.24% 0.123 103.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6665, 33.6193, 8.5402)
Luminance	0.3362 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9F37 #3742AA

analogous

#AA6637 #AA9F37 #7CAA37

triadic

#AA9F37 #37AA9F #9F37AA

tetradic

#AA9F37 #37AA66 #3742AA #AA377C

square

#AA9F37 #37AA66 #3742AA #AA377C

split-complementary

#AA9F37 #377CAA #6637AA

monochromatic

#4E4919 #7C7428 #AA9F37 #C8BD56 #D7CF84

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#AA9F37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#AA9F37 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9F37

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9F37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9F37	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)

#AD9A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B7948A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9f37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 159, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.123 103.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb74',
    500: '#aa9f37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9f37;
$custom-light: #c6bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9f37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.261,
    "s": 51.111,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69242,
    "c": 0.12346,
    "h": 103.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33618
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9F37

secondary

#7C82C1

accent

#5BDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F9F6ED

border

#D2D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9F37

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

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