#AA8D33#AA8D33

#AA8D33 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.278; OKLCH L 65.3% C 0.112 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8D33
RGB	rgb(170, 141, 51)
HSL	hsl(45, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(45, 70%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 70%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.74, 1.00, 50.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.74, 50.11, 88.86°)
OKLab	oklab(65.34% -0.0016 0.1124)
OKLCH	oklch(65.34% 0.112 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.7014, 27.8364, 7.0979)
Luminance	0.2783 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8D33 #3350AA

analogous

#AA5133 #AA8D33 #8BAA33

triadic

#AA8D33 #33AA8D #8D33AA

tetradic

#AA8D33 #33AA51 #3350AA #AA338B

square

#AA8D33 #33AA51 #3350AA #AA338B

split-complementary

#AA8D33 #338BAA #5133AA

monochromatic

#4C3F17 #7B6625 #AA8D33 #CAAD50 #D9C37F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#AA8D33 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#AA8D33 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8D33

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8D33	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8D33	1.00	3.20	6.57	6.57
#FFFFFF	3.20	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.57	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8B27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8817A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8d33;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 141, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.3% 0.112 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae70',
    500: '#aa8d33',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8d33;
$custom-light: #c7ae70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8d33",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.378,
    "s": 53.846,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65337,
    "c": 0.11239,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27835
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8D33

secondary

#7789C2

accent

#6EDD4B

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8D33

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

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