#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
RGBrgb(170, 142, 53)
HSLhsl(46, 52%, 44%)
HSVhsv(46, 69%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16.5%, 68.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LABlab(60.02, 0.56, 49.52)
CIE-LCHlch(60.02, 49.52, 89.35°)
OKLaboklab(65.57% -0.0026 0.1115)
OKLCHoklch(65.57% 0.112 91.4)
XYZxyz(26.8946, 28.1506, 7.3845)
Luminance0.2815 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

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
##AA8E351.003.176.636.63
#FFFFFF3.171.0021.0021.00
#0000006.6321.001.001.00
##0000006.6321.001.001.00

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

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#AA8E35 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva