#AA8E28#AA8E28

#AA8E28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.120 H 92.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8E28
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 40)
HSL	hsl(47, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 76.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.93, -0.09, 54.73)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.93, 54.73, 90.10°)
OKLab	oklab(65.46% -0.006 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(65.46% 0.12 92.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.6351, 28.0468, 6.0177)
Luminance	0.2804 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8E28 #2844AA

analogous

#AA4D28 #AA8E28 #85AA28

triadic

#AA8E28 #28AA8E #8E28AA

tetradic

#AA8E28 #28AA4D #2844AA #AA2885

square

#AA8E28 #28AA4D #2844AA #AA2885

split-complementary

#AA8E28 #2885AA #4D28AA

monochromatic

#473B11 #78651C #AA8E28 #D2B23E #DDC56F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#AA8E28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#AA8E28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8E28

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8E28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8E28	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)

#9E8C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8e28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.120 92.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae6a',
    500: '#aa8e28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8e28;
$custom-light: #c7ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8e28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.077,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65463,
    "c": 0.12022,
    "h": 92.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28045
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8E28

secondary

#6A7DC4

accent

#66E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8E28

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

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