#AA8E29#AA8E29

#AA8E29 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.120 H 92.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8E29
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 41)
HSL	hsl(47, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 75.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, -0.05, 54.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 54.36, 90.05°)
OKLab	oklab(65.47% -0.0058 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(65.47% 0.12 92.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.6523, 28.0537, 6.1085)
Luminance	0.2805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8E29 #2945AA

analogous

#AA4E29 #AA8E29 #86AA29

triadic

#AA8E29 #29AA8E #8E29AA

tetradic

#AA8E29 #29AA4E #2945AA #AA2986

square

#AA8E29 #29AA4E #2945AA #AA2986

split-complementary

#AA8E29 #2986AA #4E29AA

monochromatic

#473C11 #79651D #AA8E29 #D1B13F #DDC571

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#AA8E29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#AA8E29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8E29

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8E29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8E29	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)

#9E8C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8e29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.120 92.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae6a',
    500: '#aa8e29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8e29;
$custom-light: #c7ae6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8e29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.977,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65469,
    "c": 0.11963,
    "h": 92.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.28052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8E29

secondary

#6B7EC4

accent

#66E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8E29

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

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