#AA8B2D#AA8B2D

#AA8B2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.115 H 90.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8B2D
RGB	rgb(170, 139, 45)
HSL	hsl(45, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 73.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.16, 1.79, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.16, 52.07, 88.03°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% -0.0001 0.1154)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.115 90)
XYZ	xyz(26.2853, 27.2024, 6.3482)
Luminance	0.2720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8B2D #2D4CAA

analogous

#AA4D2D #AA8B2D #8BAA2D

triadic

#AA8B2D #2DAA8B #8B2DAA

tetradic

#AA8B2D #2DAA4D #2D4CAA #AA2D8B

square

#AA8B2D #2DAA4D #2D4CAA #AA2D8B

split-complementary

#AA8B2D #2D8BAA #4D2DAA

monochromatic

#493C13 #7A6320 #AA8B2D #CEAC46 #DBC277

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AA8B2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#AA8B2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8B2D

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8B2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8B2D	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)

#9B891F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8b2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 139, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.115 90.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac6c',
    500: '#aa8b2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8b2d;
$custom-light: #c7ac6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8b2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.12,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64866,
    "c": 0.11536,
    "h": 90
  },
  "luminance": 0.27201
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8B2D

secondary

#7085C3

accent

#6DE146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8B2D

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

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