#AA8A27#AA8A27

#AA8A27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.118 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A27
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 39)
HSL	hsl(45, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.85, 2.06, 54.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.85, 54.13, 87.81°)
OKLab	oklab(64.61% 0 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(64.61% 0.119 90)
XYZ	xyz(26.0338, 26.8712, 5.7345)
Luminance	0.2687 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A27 #2747AA

analogous

#AA4927 #AA8A27 #88AA27

triadic

#AA8A27 #27AA8A #8A27AA

tetradic

#AA8A27 #27AA49 #2747AA #AA2788

square

#AA8A27 #27AA49 #2747AA #AA2788

split-complementary

#AA8A27 #2788AA #4927AA

monochromatic

#463910 #78621C #AA8A27 #D2AE3C #DEC26E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#AA8A27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#AA8A27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A27

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A27	1.00	3.29	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8815

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.118 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab69',
    500: '#aa8a27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a27;
$custom-light: #c7ab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.344,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64612,
    "c": 0.1185,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.26869
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A27

secondary

#697FC4

accent

#6AE642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A27

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

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