#AA8D2E#AA8D2E

#AA8D2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.116 H 91.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8D2E
RGB	rgb(170, 141, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.70, 0.74, 52.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.70, 52.17, 89.19°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% -0.003 0.1158)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.116 91.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.5970, 27.7946, 6.5482)
Luminance	0.2779 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8D2E #2E4BAA

analogous

#AA4F2E #AA8D2E #89AA2E

triadic

#AA8D2E #2EAA8D #8D2EAA

tetradic

#AA8D2E #2EAA4F #2E4BAA #AA2E89

square

#AA8D2E #2EAA4F #2E4BAA #AA2E89

split-complementary

#AA8D2E #2E89AA #4F2EAA

monochromatic

#4A3D14 #7A6521 #AA8D2E #CDAE48 #DAC378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#AA8D2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#AA8D2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8D2E

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8D2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8D2E	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)

#9D8B20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49333

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8d2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 141, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.116 91.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae6d',
    500: '#aa8d2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8d2e;
$custom-light: #c7ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8d2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.968,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65295,
    "c": 0.11586,
    "h": 91.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.27793
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8D2E

secondary

#7184C3

accent

#6BE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8D2E

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

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