#AA8B2B#AA8B2B

#AA8B2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.117 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8B2B
RGB	rgb(170, 139, 43)
HSL	hsl(45, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 74.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, 1.69, 52.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 52.85, 88.17°)
OKLab	oklab(64.85% -0.0006 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(64.85% 0.117 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.2477, 27.1873, 6.1502)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8B2B #2B4AAA

analogous

#AA4C2B #AA8B2B #8AAA2B

triadic

#AA8B2B #2BAA8B #8B2BAA

tetradic

#AA8B2B #2BAA4C #2B4AAA #AA2B8A

square

#AA8B2B #2BAA4C #2B4AAA #AA2B8A

split-complementary

#AA8B2B #2B8AAA #4C2BAA

monochromatic

#483B12 #79631F #AA8B2B #CFAD43 #DCC274

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AA8B2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#AA8B2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8B2B

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8B2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8B2B	1.00	3.26	6.44	6.44
#FFFFFF	3.26	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B891C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8b2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 139, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.117 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac6b',
    500: '#aa8b2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8b2b;
$custom-light: #c7ac6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8b2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.354,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6485,
    "c": 0.11663,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27186
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8B2B

secondary

#6E82C3

accent

#6CE345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8B2B

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

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