#AA8A29#AA8A29

#AA8A29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.117 H 89.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A29
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 41)
HSL	hsl(45, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(45, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 75.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, 2.15, 53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 53.38, 87.69°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% 0.0005 0.1173)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.117 89.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.0678, 26.8848, 5.9137)
Luminance	0.2688 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A29 #2949AA

analogous

#AA4A29 #AA8A29 #8AAA29

triadic

#AA8A29 #29AA8A #8A29AA

tetradic

#AA8A29 #29AA4A #2949AA #AA298A

square

#AA8A29 #29AA4A #2949AA #AA298A

split-complementary

#AA8A29 #298AAA #4A29AA

monochromatic

#473A11 #79621D #AA8A29 #D1AD3F #DDC271

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#AA8A29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#AA8A29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A29

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A29	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)

#9A8819

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.117 89.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab6a',
    500: '#aa8a29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a29;
$custom-light: #c7ab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.116,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64626,
    "c": 0.11732,
    "h": 89.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.26883
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A29

secondary

#6B81C4

accent

#6BE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A29

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

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