#AA9F4E#AA9F4E

#AA9F4E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.103 H 101.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA9F4E
RGB	rgb(170, 159, 78)
HSL	hsl(53, 37%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(53, 54%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.5%, 54.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.88, -6.85, 43.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.88, 43.70, 99.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.49% -0.0209 0.1014)
OKLCH	oklch(69.49% 0.103 101.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3518, 33.8935, 12.1495)
Luminance	0.3389 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA9F4E #4E59AA

analogous

#AA714E #AA9F4E #87AA4E

triadic

#AA9F4E #4EAA9F #9F4EAA

tetradic

#AA9F4E #4EAA71 #4E59AA #AA4E87

square

#AA9F4E #4EAA71 #4E59AA #AA4E87

split-complementary

#AA9F4E #4E87AA #714EAA

monochromatic

#565128 #80783B #AA9F4E #C0B775 #D3CD9F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#AA9F4E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#AA9F4E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA9F4E

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA9F4E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA9F4E	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B46

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA052

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5958D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa9f4e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 159, 78);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.103 101.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bb82',
    500: '#aa9f4e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa9f4e;
$custom-light: #c5bb82;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa9f4e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 159,
    "b": 78
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 52.826,
    "s": 37.097,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69486,
    "c": 0.10348,
    "h": 101.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33892
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA9F4E

secondary

#9499C0

accent

#68CD5B

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110A

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA9F4E

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

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