#AA8E2B#AA8E2B

#AA8E2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.118 H 92.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8E2B
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 43)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 74.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.95, 0.04, 53.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.95, 53.61, 89.95°)
OKLab	oklab(65.48% -0.0053 0.1183)
OKLCH	oklch(65.48% 0.118 92.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.6881, 28.0680, 6.2970)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8E2B #2B47AA

analogous

#AA4F2B #AA8E2B #87AA2B

triadic

#AA8E2B #2BAA8E #8E2BAA

tetradic

#AA8E2B #2BAA4F #2B47AA #AA2B87

square

#AA8E2B #2BAA4F #2B47AA #AA2B87

split-complementary

#AA8E2B #2B87AA #4F2BAA

monochromatic

#483C12 #79651F #AA8E2B #CFB043 #DCC574

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#AA8E2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#AA8E2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8E2B

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8E2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8E2B	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)

#9E8C1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8e2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.118 92.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae6b',
    500: '#aa8e2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8e2b;
$custom-light: #c7ae6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8e2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.772,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65484,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 92.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8E2B

secondary

#6E80C3

accent

#68E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8E2B

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

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