#AA8B29#AA8B29

#AA8B29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.118 H 90.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8B29
RGB	rgb(170, 139, 41)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 75.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.13, 1.60, 53.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.13, 53.62, 88.29°)
OKLab	oklab(64.84% -0.0011 0.1179)
OKLCH	oklch(64.84% 0.118 90.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.2119, 27.1730, 5.9617)
Luminance	0.2717 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8B29 #2948AA

analogous

#AA4B29 #AA8B29 #89AA29

triadic

#AA8B29 #29AA8B #8B29AA

tetradic

#AA8B29 #29AA4B #2948AA #AA2989

square

#AA8B29 #29AA4B #2948AA #AA2989

split-complementary

#AA8B29 #2989AA #4B29AA

monochromatic

#473A11 #79631D #AA8B29 #D1AE3F #DDC371

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AA8B29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#AA8B29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8B29

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8B29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8B29	1.00	3.26	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.26	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)

#9B8918

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8b29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 139, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.118 90.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac6a',
    500: '#aa8b29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8b29;
$custom-light: #c7ac6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8b29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.581,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64836,
    "c": 0.11786,
    "h": 90.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27171
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8B29

secondary

#6B80C4

accent

#6AE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8B29

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

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