#AA8E2C#AA8E2C

#AA8E2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.118 H 92.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8E2C
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 44)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 74.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.96, 0.09, 53.22)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.96, 53.22, 89.90°)
OKLab	oklab(65.49% -0.0051 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(65.49% 0.118 92.5)
XYZ	xyz(26.7067, 28.0755, 6.3948)
Luminance	0.2807 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8E2C #2C48AA

analogous

#AA4F2C #AA8E2C #87AA2C

triadic

#AA8E2C #2CAA8E #8E2CAA

tetradic

#AA8E2C #2CAA4F #2C48AA #AA2C87

square

#AA8E2C #2CAA4F #2C48AA #AA2C87

split-complementary

#AA8E2C #2C87AA #4F2CAA

monochromatic

#493D13 #79651F #AA8E2C #CFB044 #DBC575

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AA8E2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#AA8E2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8E2C

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8E2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8E2C	1.00	3.17	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.17	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)

#9E8C1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59431

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8e2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.118 92.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae6c',
    500: '#aa8e2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8e2c;
$custom-light: #c7ae6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8e2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.667,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65491,
    "c": 0.11778,
    "h": 92.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.28074
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8E2C

secondary

#6F82C3

accent

#68E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8E2C

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

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