#AA871B#AA871B

#AA871B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.260; OKLCH L 63.9% C 0.123 H 88.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA871B
RGB	rgb(170, 135, 27)
HSL	hsl(45, 73%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(45, 84%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20.6%, 84.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(57.99, 3.29, 57.39)
CIE-LCH	lch(57.99, 57.48, 86.72°)
OKLab	oklab(63.91% 0.0024 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(63.91% 0.123 88.9)
XYZ	xyz(25.4410, 25.9549, 4.7065)
Luminance	0.2595 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA871B #1B3EAA

analogous

#AA3F1B #AA871B #85AA1B

triadic

#AA871B #1BAA87 #871BAA

tetradic

#AA871B #1BAA3F #1B3EAA #AA1B85

square

#AA871B #1BAA3F #1B3EAA #AA1B85

split-complementary

#AA871B #1B85AA #3F1BAA

monochromatic

#40330A #755D13 #AA871B #DCB026 #E5C35B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.39

#AA871B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.19

#AA871B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA871B

6.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA871B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA871B	1.00	3.39	6.19	6.19
#FFFFFF	3.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#988600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A08F22

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97A73

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8B8B8B

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa871b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 135, 27);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(63.9% 0.123 88.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8a963',
    500: '#aa871b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa871b;
$custom-light: #c8a963;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa871b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 135,
    "b": 27
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.315,
    "s": 72.589,
    "l": 38.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.63913,
    "c": 0.123,
    "h": 88.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.25953
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA871B

secondary

#5874C9

accent

#65EF39

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#140F06

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA871B

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

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