#AA8D2C#AA8D2C

#AA8D2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.117 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8D2C
RGB	rgb(170, 141, 44)
HSL	hsl(46, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 74.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.69, 0.64, 52.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.69, 52.96, 89.31°)
OKLab	oklab(65.28% -0.0035 0.1171)
OKLCH	oklch(65.28% 0.117 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.5585, 27.7792, 6.3454)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8D2C #2C49AA

analogous

#AA4E2C #AA8D2C #88AA2C

triadic

#AA8D2C #2CAA8D #8D2CAA

tetradic

#AA8D2C #2CAA4E #2C49AA #AA2C88

square

#AA8D2C #2CAA4E #2C49AA #AA2C88

split-complementary

#AA8D2C #2C88AA #4E2CAA

monochromatic

#493C13 #79651F #AA8D2C #CFAF44 #DBC475

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#AA8D2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#AA8D2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8D2C

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8D2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8D2C	1.00	3.20	6.56	6.56
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.56	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B1D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8d2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 141, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.117 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae6c',
    500: '#aa8d2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8d2c;
$custom-light: #c7ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8d2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.19,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6528,
    "c": 0.11716,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27778
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8D2C

secondary

#6F82C3

accent

#6AE246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8D2C

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

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