#AA8E2E#AA8E2E

#AA8E2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.116 H 92.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8E2E
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 46)
HSL	hsl(46, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(46, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.97, 0.19, 52.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.97, 52.43, 89.80°)
OKLab	oklab(65.51% -0.0045 0.1164)
OKLCH	oklch(65.51% 0.116 92.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.7452, 28.0909, 6.5976)
Luminance	0.2809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8E2E #2E4AAA

analogous

#AA502E #AA8E2E #88AA2E

triadic

#AA8E2E #2EAA8E #8E2EAA

tetradic

#AA8E2E #2EAA50 #2E4AAA #AA2E88

square

#AA8E2E #2EAA50 #2E4AAA #AA2E88

split-complementary

#AA8E2E #2E88AA #502EAA

monochromatic

#4A3E14 #7A6621 #AA8E2E #CDAF48 #DAC478

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AA8E2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#AA8E2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8E2E

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8E2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8E2E	1.00	3.17	6.62	6.62
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59433

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8e2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.116 92.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae6d',
    500: '#aa8e2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8e2e;
$custom-light: #c7ae6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8e2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.452,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65507,
    "c": 0.11648,
    "h": 92.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28089
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8E2E

secondary

#7184C3

accent

#6AE147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8E2E

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

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