#AA8E35#AA8E35

#AA8E35 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.281; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.112 H 91.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.63:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8E35
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 53)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 68.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.02, 0.56, 49.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.02, 49.52, 89.35°)
OKLab	oklab(65.57% -0.0026 0.1115)
OKLCH	oklch(65.57% 0.112 91.4)
XYZ	xyz(26.8946, 28.1506, 7.3845)
Luminance	0.2815 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8E35 #3551AA

analogous

#AA5335 #AA8E35 #8BAA35

triadic

#AA8E35 #35AA8E #8E35AA

tetradic

#AA8E35 #35AA53 #3551AA #AA358B

square

#AA8E35 #35AA53 #3551AA #AA358B

split-complementary

#AA8E35 #358BAA #5335AA

monochromatic

#4D4018 #7B6726 #AA8E35 #C9AD53 #D8C382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.17

#AA8E35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.63

#AA8E35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8E35

6.63:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8E35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8E35	1.00	3.17	6.63	6.63
#FFFFFF	3.17	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.63	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A49439

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8e35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.112 91.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae71',
    500: '#aa8e35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8e35;
$custom-light: #c7ae71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8e35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.641,
    "s": 52.466,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65566,
    "c": 0.11154,
    "h": 91.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.28149
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8E35

secondary

#7A8BC1

accent

#6EDC4C

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8E35

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

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