#AA8F28#AA8F28

#AA8F28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.283; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.121 H 93.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8F28
RGB	rgb(170, 143, 40)
HSL	hsl(48, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(48, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 76.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.20, -0.64, 54.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.20, 54.99, 90.67°)
OKLab	oklab(65.68% -0.0076 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(65.68% 0.121 93.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.7845, 28.3457, 6.0676)
Luminance	0.2834 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8F28 #2843AA

analogous

#AA4E28 #AA8F28 #84AA28

triadic

#AA8F28 #28AA8F #8F28AA

tetradic

#AA8F28 #28AA4E #2843AA #AA2884

square

#AA8F28 #28AA4E #2843AA #AA2884

split-complementary

#AA8F28 #2884AA #4E28AA

monochromatic

#473C11 #78651C #AA8F28 #D2B33E #DDC66F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AA8F28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#AA8F28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8F28

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8F28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8F28	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)

#9F8C15

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A6942E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8f28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 143, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.121 93.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7af6a',
    500: '#aa8f28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8f28;
$custom-light: #c7af6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8f28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.538,
    "s": 61.905,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65675,
    "c": 0.12086,
    "h": 93.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.28344
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8F28

secondary

#6A7DC4

accent

#64E543

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8F28

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

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