#AA8D29#AA8D29

#AA8D29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.119 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8D29
RGB	rgb(170, 141, 41)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 75.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.67, 0.50, 54.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.67, 54.11, 89.47°)
OKLab	oklab(65.26% -0.0042 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(65.26% 0.119 92)
XYZ	xyz(26.5042, 27.7575, 6.0591)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8D29 #2946AA

analogous

#AA4D29 #AA8D29 #87AA29

triadic

#AA8D29 #29AA8D #8D29AA

tetradic

#AA8D29 #29AA4D #2946AA #AA2987

square

#AA8D29 #29AA4D #2946AA #AA2987

split-complementary

#AA8D29 #2987AA #4D29AA

monochromatic

#473B11 #79641D #AA8D29 #D1B03F #DDC471

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AA8D29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#AA8D29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8D29

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8D29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8D29	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8d29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 141, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.119 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae6a',
    500: '#aa8d29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8d29;
$custom-light: #c7ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8d29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.512,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65258,
    "c": 0.11903,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.27756
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8D29

secondary

#6B7FC4

accent

#68E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8D29

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

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