#AA8A28#AA8A28

#AA8A28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.118 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A28
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 40)
HSL	hsl(45, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 76.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.86, 2.11, 53.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.86, 53.76, 87.75°)
OKLab	oklab(64.62% 0.0003 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(64.62% 0.118 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.0506, 26.8779, 5.8229)
Luminance	0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A28 #2848AA

analogous

#AA4928 #AA8A28 #89AA28

triadic

#AA8A28 #28AA8A #8A28AA

tetradic

#AA8A28 #28AA49 #2848AA #AA2889

square

#AA8A28 #28AA49 #2848AA #AA2889

split-complementary

#AA8A28 #2889AA #4928AA

monochromatic

#473A11 #78621C #AA8A28 #D2AD3E #DDC26F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#AA8A28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#AA8A28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A28

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A28	1.00	3.29	6.38	6.38
#FFFFFF	3.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A8817

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.118 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab69',
    500: '#aa8a28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a28;
$custom-light: #c7ab69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.231,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64618,
    "c": 0.11791,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.26876
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A28

secondary

#6A80C4

accent

#6BE543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A28

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

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