#AA8D2F#AA8D2F

#AA8D2F is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.115 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.56:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8D2F
RGB	rgb(170, 141, 47)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 72.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.71, 0.79, 51.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.71, 51.77, 89.13°)
OKLab	oklab(65.3% -0.0027 0.1152)
OKLCH	oklch(65.3% 0.115 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.6170, 27.8026, 6.6533)
Luminance	0.2780 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8D2F #2F4CAA

analogous

#AA502F #AA8D2F #89AA2F

triadic

#AA8D2F #2FAA8D #8D2FAA

tetradic

#AA8D2F #2FAA50 #2F4CAA #AA2F89

square

#AA8D2F #2FAA50 #2F4CAA #AA2F89

split-complementary

#AA8D2F #2F89AA #502FAA

monochromatic

#4A3D14 #7A6522 #AA8D2F #CDAE49 #DAC379

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#AA8D2F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.56

#AA8D2F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8D2F

6.56:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8D2F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8D2F	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)

#9D8B21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8d2f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 141, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.115 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae6d',
    500: '#aa8d2f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8d2f;
$custom-light: #c7ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8d2f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.854,
    "s": 56.682,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65303,
    "c": 0.11519,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27801
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8D2F

secondary

#7285C2

accent

#6CE048

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8D2F

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

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