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#aa9c55

a balanced, soft yellow · cool · closest name: tan

RGB
170, 156, 85
HSL
50°, 33%, 50%
CMYK
0, 8, 50, 33
Luminance
0.3298

Every format

HEX#aa9c55
RGBrgb(170, 156, 85)
HSLhsl(50, 33%, 50%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 8%, 50%, 33%)
LABlab(64.1 -4.6 38.8)
LCHlch(64.1 39.0 96.8)
OKLCHoklch(0.689 0.093 98.4)

Copy-ready code

/* CSS */
color: #aa9c55;
background-color: #aa9c55;
/* Tailwind (arbitrary) */
class="text-[#aa9c55] bg-[#aa9c55]"
/* SCSS */
$brand: #aa9c55;
/* SwiftUI */
Color(red: 0.667, green: 0.612, blue: 0.333)
/* Android */
Color.parseColor("#aa9c55")

Accessibility — WCAG contrast

Aa
#aa9c55 on white: 2.76:1
AA ✗ fail · AA-large · AAA
Aa
#aa9c55 on black: 7.60:1
AA ✓ pass · AA-large · AAA
true color
protanopia
deuteranopia
tritanopia

RGB percentages

Red66.7%
Green61.2%
Blue33.3%

CMYK percentages

Cyan0.0%
Magenta8.2%
Yellow50.0%
Key (black)33.3%

Color previews

#aa9c55 text on a black background

contrast 7.60:1

Card sample

#aa9c55 text on a white background

contrast 2.76:1

Card sample

CSS3 live lab

Text font color

The quick brown fox

color: #aa9c55;
Background color
Panel with #aa9c55 background
background-color: #aa9c55;
Text shadow — hex

Glowing headline

text-shadow: 2px 2px 8px #aa9c55;
Text shadow — RGB

Soft neon halo

text-shadow: 0 0 14px rgba(170, 156, 85, 0.45);
Div box shadow
Elevated card
box-shadow: 0 12px 32px -8px rgba(170, 156, 85, 0.45);
Border & gradient
Gradient panel
border: 3px solid #aa9c55;
background: linear-gradient(135deg, #aa9c55, #7FAA55);

Monochromatic scale

Palettes built from #aa9c55

Shades — darker

Tints — lighter

Hue & tone neighbors

Color harmonies

Nearest named colors

Work with #aa9c55 in the Color Lab