#AA8C2C#AA8C2C

#AA8C2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.117 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8C2C
RGB	rgb(170, 140, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 74.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.42, 1.19, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.42, 52.71, 88.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.07% -0.0019 0.1166)
OKLCH	oklch(65.07% 0.117 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.4118, 27.4857, 6.2965)
Luminance	0.2748 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8C2C #2C4AAA

analogous

#AA4D2C #AA8C2C #89AA2C

triadic

#AA8C2C #2CAA8C #8C2CAA

tetradic

#AA8C2C #2CAA4D #2C4AAA #AA2C89

square

#AA8C2C #2CAA4D #2C4AAA #AA2C89

split-complementary

#AA8C2C #2C89AA #4D2CAA

monochromatic

#493C13 #79641F #AA8C2C #CFAE44 #DBC375

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AA8C2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AA8C2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8C2C

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8C2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8C2C	1.00	3.23	6.50	6.50
#FFFFFF	3.23	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8c2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 140, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.117 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ad6c',
    500: '#aa8c2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8c2c;
$custom-light: #c7ad6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8c2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.714,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65068,
    "c": 0.11658,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27484
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8C2C

secondary

#6F83C3

accent

#6BE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8C2C

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

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