#AA8F27#AA8F27

#AA8F27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.121 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8F27
RGB	rgb(170, 143, 39)
HSL	hsl(48, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.19, -0.68, 55.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.19, 55.35, 90.71°)
OKLab	oklab(65.67% -0.0078 0.1212)
OKLCH	oklch(65.67% 0.121 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.7677, 28.3390, 5.9791)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8F27 #2742AA

analogous

#AA4E27 #AA8F27 #83AA27

triadic

#AA8F27 #27AA8F #8F27AA

tetradic

#AA8F27 #27AA4E #2742AA #AA2783

square

#AA8F27 #27AA4E #2742AA #AA2783

split-complementary

#AA8F27 #2783AA #4E27AA

monochromatic

#463B10 #78651C #AA8F27 #D2B33C #DEC76E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AA8F27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#AA8F27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8F27

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8F27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8F27	1.00	3.15	6.67	6.67
#FFFFFF	3.15	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6942D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8f27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 143, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.121 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7af69',
    500: '#aa8f27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8f27;
$custom-light: #c7af69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8f27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.634,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65668,
    "c": 0.12143,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.28337
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8F27

secondary

#697BC4

accent

#64E642

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8F27

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

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