#AA8F2B#AA8F2B

#AA8F2B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.119 H 93.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8F2B
RGB	rgb(170, 143, 43)
HSL	hsl(47, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 74.7%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.22, -0.51, 53.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.22, 53.87, 90.54°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% -0.0069 0.1188)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.119 93.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.8375, 28.3669, 6.3468)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8F2B #2B46AA

analogous

#AA502B #AA8F2B #86AA2B

triadic

#AA8F2B #2BAA8F #8F2BAA

tetradic

#AA8F2B #2BAA50 #2B46AA #AA2B86

square

#AA8F2B #2BAA50 #2B46AA #AA2B86

split-complementary

#AA8F2B #2B86AA #502BAA

monochromatic

#483D12 #79661F #AA8F2B #CFB243 #DCC674

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AA8F2B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#AA8F2B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8F2B

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8F2B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8F2B	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)

#9F8D1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8f2b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 143, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.119 93.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7af6b',
    500: '#aa8f2b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8f2b;
$custom-light: #c7af6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8f2b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.244,
    "s": 59.624,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65696,
    "c": 0.11904,
    "h": 93.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.28365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8F2B

secondary

#6E80C3

accent

#67E345

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8F2B

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

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