#AA8C2E#AA8C2E

#AA8C2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.275; OKLCH L 65.1% C 0.115 H 90.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8C2E
RGB	rgb(170, 140, 46)
HSL	hsl(45, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(45, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.44, 1.29, 51.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.44, 51.91, 88.58°)
OKLab	oklab(65.08% -0.0014 0.1153)
OKLCH	oklch(65.08% 0.115 90.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.4503, 27.5011, 6.4993)
Luminance	0.2750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8C2E #2E4CAA

analogous

#AA4E2E #AA8C2E #8AAA2E

triadic

#AA8C2E #2EAA8C #8C2EAA

tetradic

#AA8C2E #2EAA4E #2E4CAA #AA2E8A

square

#AA8C2E #2EAA4E #2E4CAA #AA2E8A

split-complementary

#AA8C2E #2E8AAA #4E2EAA

monochromatic

#4A3D14 #7A6421 #AA8C2E #CDAD48 #DAC378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.23

#AA8C2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.50

#AA8C2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8C2E

6.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8C2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8C2E	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)

#9C8A20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A39333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88079

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8c2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 140, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.1% 0.115 90.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ad6d',
    500: '#aa8c2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8c2e;
$custom-light: #c7ad6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8c2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.484,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65084,
    "c": 0.11527,
    "h": 90.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27499
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8C2E

secondary

#7185C3

accent

#6CE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8C2E

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

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