#AA8A2A#AA8A2A

#AA8A2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.117 H 89.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A2A
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 42)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 75.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.87, 2.20, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.87, 53.00, 87.62°)
OKLab	oklab(64.63% 0.0007 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(64.63% 0.117 89.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.0855, 26.8918, 6.0067)
Luminance	0.2689 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A2A #2A4AAA

analogous

#AA4A2A #AA8A2A #8AAA2A

triadic

#AA8A2A #2AAA8A #8A2AAA

tetradic

#AA8A2A #2AAA4A #2A4AAA #AA2A8A

square

#AA8A2A #2AAA4A #2A4AAA #AA2A8A

split-complementary

#AA8A2A #2A8AAA #4A2AAA

monochromatic

#483A12 #79621E #AA8A2A #D0AC41 #DCC272

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.29

#AA8A2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.38

#AA8A2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A2A

6.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A2A	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)

#9A881A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.117 89.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ab6a',
    500: '#aa8a2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a2a;
$custom-light: #c7ab6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64633,
    "c": 0.11671,
    "h": 89.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.2689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A2A

secondary

#6C82C3

accent

#6CE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A2A

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

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