#AA9959 — Yellow

#AA9959 is a yellow in the Yellow family. In practice it looks like a soft, dusty medium yellow, and it is also commonly known as Yellow, Golden Yellow. Below are all of its color space values, an 11-step scale, harmony palettes and accessibility data.

#AA9959
CSS Namedarkgoldenrod (closest)

Tints and shades (50–950)

50#f7f5f1
100#eceae0
200#dfd9c5
300#cac19c
400#b1a26b
500#9c8b47
600#8a7936
700#746426
800#61531d
900#524616
950#30290a

Accessibility

Contrast on white
2.83:1
Contrast on black
7.41:1
  • AA (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • AA Large (3:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA (7:1) on whiteFail
  • AAA Large (4.5:1) on whiteFail
  • UI components (3:1) on whiteFail

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Complementary palette

Analogous palette

Triadic palette

Copy-ready CSS

brand-scale.css
:root {
  --brand-50: oklch(0.971 0.006 94.9); /* #f7f5f1 */
  --brand-100: oklch(0.936 0.014 94.9); /* #eceae0 */
  --brand-200: oklch(0.885 0.028 94.9); /* #dfd9c5 */
  --brand-300: oklch(0.808 0.051 94.9); /* #cac19c */
  --brand-400: oklch(0.712 0.075 94.9); /* #b1a26b */
  --brand-500: oklch(0.637 0.091 94.9); /* #9c8b47 */
  --brand-600: oklch(0.577 0.089 94.9); /* #8a7936 */
  --brand-700: oklch(0.505 0.083 94.9); /* #746426 */
  --brand-800: oklch(0.444 0.074 94.9); /* #61531d */
  --brand-900: oklch(0.396 0.067 94.9); /* #524616 */
  --brand-950: oklch(0.281 0.047 94.9); /* #30290a */
}

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