#AA8E27#AA8E27

#AA8E27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.121 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8E27
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 39)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.92, -0.14, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.92, 55.10, 90.14°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% -0.0062 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.121 93)
XYZ	xyz(26.6183, 28.0401, 5.9293)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8E27 #2743AA

analogous

#AA4D27 #AA8E27 #84AA27

triadic

#AA8E27 #27AA8E #8E27AA

tetradic

#AA8E27 #27AA4D #2743AA #AA2784

square

#AA8E27 #27AA4D #2743AA #AA2784

split-complementary

#AA8E27 #2784AA #4D27AA

monochromatic

#463B10 #78641C #AA8E27 #D2B23C #DEC66E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#AA8E27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#AA8E27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8E27

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8E27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8E27	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8e27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.121 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae69',
    500: '#aa8e27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8e27;
$custom-light: #c7ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8e27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.176,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65456,
    "c": 0.1208,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.28039
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8E27

secondary

#697CC4

accent

#65E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8E27

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

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