#AA8E2A#AA8E2A

#AA8E2A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.119 H 92.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8E2A
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 42)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 75.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.94, -0.00, 53.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.94, 53.99, 90.00°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% -0.0055 0.1189)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.119 92.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.6700, 28.0608, 6.2016)
Luminance	0.2806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8E2A #2A46AA

analogous

#AA4E2A #AA8E2A #86AA2A

triadic

#AA8E2A #2AAA8E #8E2AAA

tetradic

#AA8E2A #2AAA4E #2A46AA #AA2A86

square

#AA8E2A #2AAA4E #2A46AA #AA2A86

split-complementary

#AA8E2A #2A86AA #4E2AAA

monochromatic

#483C12 #79651E #AA8E2A #D0B141 #DCC572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#AA8E2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#AA8E2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8E2A

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8E2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8E2A	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)

#9E8C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8e2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.119 92.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae6b',
    500: '#aa8e2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8e2a;
$custom-light: #c7ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8e2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.875,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65477,
    "c": 0.11903,
    "h": 92.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28059
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8E2A

secondary

#6C7FC3

accent

#67E444

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8E2A

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

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