#AA8C28#AA8C28

#AA8C28 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.119 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8C28
RGB	rgb(170, 140, 40)
HSL	hsl(46, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 76.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 1.01, 54.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 54.24, 88.94°)
OKLab	oklab(65.04% -0.0029 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(65.04% 0.119 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.3402, 27.4570, 5.9194)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8C28 #2846AA

analogous

#AA4B28 #AA8C28 #87AA28

triadic

#AA8C28 #28AA8C #8C28AA

tetradic

#AA8C28 #28AA4B #2846AA #AA2887

square

#AA8C28 #28AA4B #2846AA #AA2887

split-complementary

#AA8C28 #2887AA #4B28AA

monochromatic

#473A11 #78631C #AA8C28 #D2AF3E #DDC46F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AA8C28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#AA8C28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8C28

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8C28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8C28	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A16

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3932E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8c28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 140, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.119 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ad6a',
    500: '#aa8c28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8c28;
$custom-light: #c7ad6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8c28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.154,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65039,
    "c": 0.11903,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27455
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8C28

secondary

#6A7FC4

accent

#68E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8C28

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

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