#AA8E38#AA8E38

#AA8E38 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.282; OKLCH L 65.6% C 0.109 H 90.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8E38
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 56)
HSL	hsl(45, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(45, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 67.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.05, 0.74, 48.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.05, 48.21, 89.12°)
OKLab	oklab(65.6% -0.0017 0.1092)
OKLCH	oklch(65.6% 0.109 90.9)
XYZ	xyz(26.9657, 28.1791, 7.7594)
Luminance	0.2818 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8E38 #3854AA

analogous

#AA5538 #AA8E38 #8DAA38

triadic

#AA8E38 #38AA8E #8E38AA

tetradic

#AA8E38 #38AA55 #3854AA #AA388D

square

#AA8E38 #38AA55 #3854AA #AA388D

split-complementary

#AA8E38 #388DAA #5538AA

monochromatic

#4E411A #7C6829 #AA8E38 #C8AC57 #D7C385

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.16

#AA8E38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.64

#AA8E38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8E38

6.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8E38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8E38	1.00	3.16	6.64	6.64
#FFFFFF	3.16	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8C2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4943C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8e38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.6% 0.109 90.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae73',
    500: '#aa8e38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8e38;
$custom-light: #c7ae73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8e38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.263,
    "s": 50.442,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65595,
    "c": 0.10924,
    "h": 90.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.28178
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8E38

secondary

#7D8EC1

accent

#70DA4E

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8E38

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

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