#AA8E30#AA8E30

#AA8E30 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.5% C 0.115 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8E30
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 48)
HSL	hsl(46, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(46, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 71.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.99, 0.29, 51.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.99, 51.62, 89.68°)
OKLab	oklab(65.52% -0.004 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(65.52% 0.115 92)
XYZ	xyz(26.7855, 28.1070, 6.8101)
Luminance	0.2811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8E30 #304CAA

analogous

#AA5130 #AA8E30 #89AA30

triadic

#AA8E30 #30AA8E #8E30AA

tetradic

#AA8E30 #30AA51 #304CAA #AA3089

square

#AA8E30 #30AA51 #304CAA #AA3089

split-complementary

#AA8E30 #3089AA #5130AA

monochromatic

#4B3E15 #7A6623 #AA8E30 #CCAF4B #DAC47B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AA8E30 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.62

#AA8E30 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8E30

6.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8E30	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8E30	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)

#9E8C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8827B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8e30;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.5% 0.115 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae6e',
    500: '#aa8e30',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8e30;
$custom-light: #c7ae6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8e30",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.23,
    "s": 55.963,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65523,
    "c": 0.11513,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.28105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8E30

secondary

#7486C2

accent

#6BDF49

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8E30

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

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