#AA8B2E#AA8B2E

#AA8B2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.9% C 0.115 H 89.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8B2E
RGB	rgb(170, 139, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.17, 1.84, 51.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.17, 51.67, 87.96°)
OKLab	oklab(64.87% 0.0002 0.1147)
OKLCH	oklch(64.87% 0.115 89.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.3048, 27.2102, 6.4508)
Luminance	0.2721 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8B2E #2E4DAA

analogous

#AA4D2E #AA8B2E #8BAA2E

triadic

#AA8B2E #2EAA8B #8B2EAA

tetradic

#AA8B2E #2EAA4D #2E4DAA #AA2E8B

square

#AA8B2E #2EAA4D #2E4DAA #AA2E8B

split-complementary

#AA8B2E #2E8BAA #4D2EAA

monochromatic

#4A3C14 #7A6421 #AA8B2E #CDAC48 #DAC278

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.26

#AA8B2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.44

#AA8B2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8B2E

6.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8B2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8B2E	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)

#9B8920

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A29233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8b2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 139, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.9% 0.115 89.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac6d',
    500: '#aa8b2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8b2e;
$custom-light: #c7ac6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8b2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64874,
    "c": 0.1147,
    "h": 89.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27209
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8B2E

secondary

#7186C3

accent

#6EE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8B2E

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

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