#AA8D2A#AA8D2A

#AA8D2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.118 H 91.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8D2A
RGB	rgb(170, 141, 42)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 75.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, 0.54, 53.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 53.73, 89.42°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% -0.004 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.118 91.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.5218, 27.7646, 6.1522)
Luminance	0.2776 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8D2A #2A47AA

analogous

#AA4D2A #AA8D2A #87AA2A

triadic

#AA8D2A #2AAA8D #8D2AAA

tetradic

#AA8D2A #2AAA4D #2A47AA #AA2A87

square

#AA8D2A #2AAA4D #2A47AA #AA2A87

split-complementary

#AA8D2A #2A87AA #4D2AAA

monochromatic

#483C12 #79641E #AA8D2A #D0B041 #DCC472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#AA8D2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#AA8D2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8D2A

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8D2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8D2A	1.00	3.20	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.20	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)

#9D8B19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8d2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 141, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.118 91.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae6b',
    500: '#aa8d2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8d2a;
$custom-light: #c7ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8d2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.406,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65265,
    "c": 0.11842,
    "h": 91.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.27763
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8D2A

secondary

#6C80C3

accent

#68E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8D2A

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

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