HEX atlas value

#AA9F03

#AA9F03 is a warm yellow HEX color nearest Dark Goldenrod. RGB 170, 159, 3, HSL 56° 97% 34%, luminance 0.3335; view contrast and conversions.

yellow warm balanced

#AA9F03 Sample readable text

HEX #AA9F03

RGB rgb(170, 159, 3)

HSL hsl(56 97% 34%)

CMYK cmyk(0, 6, 98, 33)

Luminance 0.3335

Contrast Black 7.67:1White 2.74:1

CSS

--color-aa9f03: #AA9F03;
.background-aa9f03 { background-color: #AA9F03; }
.text-aa9f03 { color: #AA9F03; }

HEX meaning and use

About #AA9F03

#AA9F03 is classified as a warm yellow value with balanced visual character. #AA9F03 is visually closest to Dark Goldenrod, a named orange color with HEX #B8860B.

The RGB channels are 170, 159, and 3, with red carrying the strongest channel weight. In HSL, the hue is 56deg with 97% saturation and 34% lightness, so this page treats it as a high-saturation, mid-lightness atlas color rather than a generic swatch.

Practical uses for this HEX value include color conversion, WCAG contrast checks, CSS color tokens, and highlight and warning systems. Its luminance is 0.3335, black text provides the stronger contrast for readable interface or documentation use, and Its nearest named-color distance is 29.75, which helps separate this atlas value from adjacent named color records.

WCAG Accessibility

Black text7.67:1AA Pass

White text2.74:1AA Fail

AA text options: #000000, #1A1A1A.

AAA text options: #000000.

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Use these pairings when #AA9F03 needs readable text, badges, interface states, or nearby accessible alternatives.

Black text#0000007.67:1 · AAA

White text#FFFFFF2.74:1 · Fail

Accessible Alternatives

#FBEB0E#FBEB0E · #000000 text · best 16.99:1 #030EAB#030EAB · #FFFFFF text · best 12.7:1 Peridot#B4C424 · #000000 text · best 10.86:1 Acid Green#B0BF1A · #000000 text · best 10.31:1 Goldenrod#DAA520 · #000000 text · best 9.38:1

Generated Palette

#AA9F03#AA9F03

#030EAB#030EAB

#AB4B03#AB4B03

#62AB03#62AB03

#FBEB0E#FBEB0E

#504B01#504B01

Color Harmonies

#030EAB#030EAB

#AB4B03#AB4B03

#62AB03#62AB03

#03ABA0#03ABA0

#A003AB#A003AB

Variants

#FBEB0E#FBEB0E

#504B01#504B01

#ADA200#ADA200

#988F16#988F16

#ECE141#ECE141

#D6C800#D6C800

Nearest Named Colors

Dark Goldenrod#B8860B

Acid Green#B0BF1A

Peridot#B4C424

Olive#808000

Goldenrod#DAA520

Luminance0.3335

Black text7.67:1AA Pass

White text2.74:1AA Fail

hexCanonical HEX value

rgbRed, green, blue channels

hslHue, saturation, lightness

cmykApproximate print conversion

wcagAA and AAA contrast options

harmoniesMathematical harmony sets

variantsGenerated tone variants

nearestColorsKnowledge graph neighbors

Structured sections

Color systems

{"hex":"#AA9F03","rgb":[170,159,3],"hsl":[56,97,34],"cmyk":[0,6,98,33],"luminance":0.3335,"contrast":{"black":7.67,"white":2.74}}

WCAG

{"AA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"AAA":["#000000"]}

Safe pairings

[{"name":"Black text","hex":"#000000","contrast":7.67,"wcagAA":true,"wcagAAA":true},{"name":"White text","hex":"#FFFFFF","contrast":2.74,"wcagAA":false,"wcagAAA":false}]

Accessible alternatives

[{"name":"#FBEB0E","hex":"#FBEB0E","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":16.99,"contrastWhite":1.24,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"]},{"name":"#030EAB","hex":"#030EAB","family":"blue","bestTextColor":"#FFFFFF","contrastBlack":1.65,"contrastWhite":12.7,"wcagAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"],"wcagAAA":["#FFFFFF","#F5F5F5"]},{"name":"Peridot","hex":"#B4C424","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.86,"contrastWhite":1.93,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Acid Green","hex":"#B0BF1A","family":"yellow","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":10.31,"contrastWhite":2.04,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A","#36454F"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]},{"name":"Goldenrod","hex":"#DAA520","family":"orange","bestTextColor":"#000000","contrastBlack":9.38,"contrastWhite":2.24,"wcagAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"wcagAAA":["#000000","#1A1A1A"]}]

AI context

{"semanticGroups":["warm yellow","balanced","balanced yellow","Dark Goldenrod adjacent"],"useCases":["color conversion","WCAG contrast checks","CSS color tokens","highlight and warning systems"],"contrastSafeWith":["#000000","#1A1A1A"],"relatedEndpoints":["https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex/aa9f03.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/hex.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/dark-goldenrod.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/acid-green.json","https://www.colorsencyclopedia.com/api/colors/peridot.json"]}

Harmonies

{"complementary":"#030EAB","analogous":["#AB4B03","#62AB03"],"triadic":["#03ABA0","#A003AB"],"tetradic":["#03AB4B","#030EAB","#AB0362"],"splitComplementary":["#0362AB","#4B03AB"],"monochromatic":["#FBEB0E","#AA9F03","#504B01"]}

Variants

{"light":"#FBEB0E","dark":"#504B01","saturated":"#ADA200","desaturated":"#988F16","pastel":"#ECE141","neon":"#D6C800"}

Nearest named colors

[{"slug":"dark-goldenrod","name":"Dark Goldenrod","hex":"#B8860B","distance":29.748949561287034},{"slug":"acid-green","name":"Acid Green","hex":"#B0BF1A","distance":39.8622628559895},{"slug":"peridot","name":"Peridot","hex":"#B4C424","distance":50.57667446560717},{"slug":"olive","name":"Olive","hex":"#808000","distance":52.28766584960549},{"slug":"goldenrod","name":"Goldenrod","hex":"#DAA520","distance":56.4003546088143}]

#AA9F03

CSS

About #AA9F03

WCAG Accessibility

Accessibility-Safe Pairings and Alternatives

Accessible Alternatives

Generated Palette

Color Harmonies

Variants

Nearest Named Colors

Machine-Readable HEX Data (JSON)

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