#AA8C29#AA8C29

#AA8C29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.118 H 91.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8C29
RGB	rgb(170, 140, 41)
HSL	hsl(46, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 75.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.40, 1.05, 53.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.40, 53.86, 88.88°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% -0.0026 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.118 91.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.3574, 27.4639, 6.0102)
Luminance	0.2746 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8C29 #2947AA

analogous

#AA4C29 #AA8C29 #88AA29

triadic

#AA8C29 #29AA8C #8C29AA

tetradic

#AA8C29 #29AA4C #2947AA #AA2988

square

#AA8C29 #29AA4C #2947AA #AA2988

split-complementary

#AA8C29 #2988AA #4C29AA

monochromatic

#473B11 #79631D #AA8C29 #D1AF3F #DDC471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AA8C29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#AA8C29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8C29

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8C29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8C29	1.00	3.23	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.23	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)

#9C8A18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3932F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8c29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 140, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.118 91.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ad6a',
    500: '#aa8c29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8c29;
$custom-light: #c7ad6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8c29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.047,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65046,
    "c": 0.11843,
    "h": 91.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27462
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8C29

secondary

#6B80C4

accent

#69E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8C29

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

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