#AA8D2D#AA8D2D

#AA8D2D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.117 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8D2D
RGB	rgb(170, 141, 45)
HSL	hsl(46, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 73.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, 0.69, 52.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 52.57, 89.25°)
OKLab	oklab(65.29% -0.0032 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(65.29% 0.117 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.5776, 27.7869, 6.4456)
Luminance	0.2778 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8D2D #2D4AAA

analogous

#AA4F2D #AA8D2D #89AA2D

triadic

#AA8D2D #2DAA8D #8D2DAA

tetradic

#AA8D2D #2DAA4F #2D4AAA #AA2D89

square

#AA8D2D #2DAA4F #2D4AAA #AA2D89

split-complementary

#AA8D2D #2D89AA #4F2DAA

monochromatic

#493D13 #7A6520 #AA8D2D #CEAF46 #DBC477

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#AA8D2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#AA8D2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8D2D

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8D2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8D2D	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)

#9D8B1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8d2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 141, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.117 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae6c',
    500: '#aa8d2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8d2d;
$custom-light: #c7ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8d2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.08,
    "s": 58.14,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65287,
    "c": 0.11652,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27785
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8D2D

secondary

#7083C3

accent

#6AE146

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8D2D

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

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