#AA8D36#AA8D36

#AA8D36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.279; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.110 H 90.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.57:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8D36
RGB	rgb(170, 141, 54)
HSL	hsl(45, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.77, 1.17, 48.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.77, 48.81, 88.62°)
OKLab	oklab(65.36% -0.0007 0.1102)
OKLCH	oklch(65.36% 0.11 90.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.7697, 27.8637, 7.4575)
Luminance	0.2786 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8D36 #3653AA

analogous

#AA5336 #AA8D36 #8DAA36

triadic

#AA8D36 #36AA8D #8D36AA

tetradic

#AA8D36 #36AA53 #3653AA #AA368D

square

#AA8D36 #36AA53 #3653AA #AA368D

split-complementary

#AA8D36 #368DAA #5336AA

monochromatic

#4D4018 #7C6627 #AA8D36 #C9AC54 #D8C283

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.20

#AA8D36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.57

#AA8D36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8D36

6.57:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8D36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8D36	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)

#9C8B2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3933A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8d36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 141, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.110 90.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae71',
    500: '#aa8d36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8d36;
$custom-light: #c7ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8d36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65365,
    "c": 0.11017,
    "h": 90.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.27862
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8D36

secondary

#7B8CC1

accent

#70DB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8D36

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

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