#AA8C2A#AA8C2A

#AA8C2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.118 H 91.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8C2A
RGB	rgb(170, 140, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 75.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.41, 1.09, 53.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.41, 53.48, 88.83°)
OKLab	oklab(65.05% -0.0024 0.1178)
OKLCH	oklch(65.05% 0.118 91.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.3751, 27.4710, 6.1033)
Luminance	0.2747 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8C2A #2A48AA

analogous

#AA4C2A #AA8C2A #88AA2A

triadic

#AA8C2A #2AAA8C #8C2AAA

tetradic

#AA8C2A #2AAA4C #2A48AA #AA2A88

square

#AA8C2A #2AAA4C #2A48AA #AA2A88

split-complementary

#AA8C2A #2A88AA #4C2AAA

monochromatic

#483B12 #79641E #AA8C2A #D0AF41 #DCC372

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AA8C2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#AA8C2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8C2A

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8C2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8C2A	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)

#9C8A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3932F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8c2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 140, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.118 91.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ad6b',
    500: '#aa8c2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8c2a;
$custom-light: #c7ad6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8c2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.938,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65054,
    "c": 0.11782,
    "h": 91.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.27469
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8C2A

secondary

#6C81C3

accent

#6AE444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8C2A

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

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