#AA8B2C#AA8B2C

#AA8B2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.116 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8B2C
RGB	rgb(170, 139, 44)
HSL	hsl(45, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 74.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.15, 1.74, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.15, 52.46, 88.10°)
OKLab	oklab(64.86% -0.0003 0.116)
OKLCH	oklch(64.86% 0.116 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.2663, 27.1948, 6.2480)
Luminance	0.2719 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8B2C #2C4BAA

analogous

#AA4C2C #AA8B2C #8AAA2C

triadic

#AA8B2C #2CAA8B #8B2CAA

tetradic

#AA8B2C #2CAA4C #2C4BAA #AA2C8A

square

#AA8B2C #2CAA4C #2C4BAA #AA2C8A

split-complementary

#AA8B2C #2C8AAA #4C2CAA

monochromatic

#493B13 #79631F #AA8B2C #CFAD44 #DBC275

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AA8B2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#AA8B2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8B2C

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8B2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8B2C	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)

#9B891D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8b2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 139, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.116 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac6c',
    500: '#aa8b2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8b2c;
$custom-light: #c7ac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8b2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.238,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64858,
    "c": 0.116,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27193
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8B2C

secondary

#6F84C3

accent

#6CE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8B2C

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

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