#AA8F2C#AA8F2C

#AA8F2C is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.118 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8F2C
RGB	rgb(170, 143, 44)
HSL	hsl(47, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 74.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.23, -0.46, 53.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.23, 53.48, 90.49°)
OKLab	oklab(65.7% -0.0066 0.1182)
OKLCH	oklch(65.7% 0.118 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.8561, 28.3744, 6.4446)
Luminance	0.2837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8F2C #2C47AA

analogous

#AA502C #AA8F2C #86AA2C

triadic

#AA8F2C #2CAA8F #8F2CAA

tetradic

#AA8F2C #2CAA50 #2C47AA #AA2C86

square

#AA8F2C #2CAA50 #2C47AA #AA2C86

split-complementary

#AA8F2C #2C86AA #502CAA

monochromatic

#493D13 #79661F #AA8F2C #CFB144 #DBC575

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.15

#AA8F2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.67

#AA8F2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8F2C

6.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8F2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8F2C	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)

#9F8D1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8837B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8f2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 143, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.118 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7af6c',
    500: '#aa8f2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8f2c;
$custom-light: #c7af6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8f2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.143,
    "s": 58.879,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65703,
    "c": 0.11841,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28373
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8F2C

secondary

#6F81C3

accent

#67E246

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8F2C

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

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