#AA8D2B#AA8D2B

#AA8D2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.118 H 91.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8D2B
RGB	rgb(170, 141, 43)
HSL	hsl(46, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 74.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.68, 0.59, 53.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.68, 53.35, 89.37°)
OKLab	oklab(65.27% -0.0037 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(65.27% 0.118 91.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.5400, 27.7718, 6.2476)
Luminance	0.2777 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8D2B #2B48AA

analogous

#AA4E2B #AA8D2B #88AA2B

triadic

#AA8D2B #2BAA8D #8D2BAA

tetradic

#AA8D2B #2BAA4E #2B48AA #AA2B88

square

#AA8D2B #2BAA4E #2B48AA #AA2B88

split-complementary

#AA8D2B #2B88AA #4E2BAA

monochromatic

#483C12 #79641F #AA8D2B #CFAF43 #DCC474

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#AA8D2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#AA8D2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8D2B

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8D2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8D2B	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)

#9D8B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8d2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 141, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.118 91.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae6b',
    500: '#aa8d2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8d2b;
$custom-light: #c7ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8d2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.299,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65272,
    "c": 0.1178,
    "h": 91.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.2777
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8D2B

secondary

#6E81C3

accent

#69E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8D2B

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

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