#AA8B27#AA8B27

#AA8B27 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.119 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8B27
RGB	rgb(170, 139, 39)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, 1.51, 54.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 54.36, 88.40°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% -0.0015 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.119 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.1779, 27.1594, 5.7825)
Luminance	0.2716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8B27 #2746AA

analogous

#AA4A27 #AA8B27 #87AA27

triadic

#AA8B27 #27AA8B #8B27AA

tetradic

#AA8B27 #27AA4A #2746AA #AA2787

square

#AA8B27 #27AA4A #2746AA #AA2787

split-complementary

#AA8B27 #2787AA #4A27AA

monochromatic

#463A10 #78621C #AA8B27 #D2AF3C #DEC36E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AA8B27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#AA8B27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8B27

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8B27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8B27	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B8915

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8b27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 139, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.119 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac69',
    500: '#aa8b27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8b27;
$custom-light: #c7ac69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8b27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.802,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64822,
    "c": 0.11904,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27158
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8B27

secondary

#697EC4

accent

#69E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8B27

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

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