#AA8F2E#AA8F2E

#AA8F2E is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.284; OKLCH L 65.7% C 0.117 H 93.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8F2E
RGB	rgb(170, 143, 46)
HSL	hsl(47, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(47, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.24, -0.36, 52.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.24, 52.70, 90.39°)
OKLab	oklab(65.72% -0.0061 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(65.72% 0.117 93)
XYZ	xyz(26.8946, 28.3898, 6.6474)
Luminance	0.2839 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8F2E #2E49AA

analogous

#AA512E #AA8F2E #87AA2E

triadic

#AA8F2E #2EAA8F #8F2EAA

tetradic

#AA8F2E #2EAA51 #2E49AA #AA2E87

square

#AA8F2E #2EAA51 #2E49AA #AA2E87

split-complementary

#AA8F2E #2E87AA #512EAA

monochromatic

#4A3E14 #7A6621 #AA8F2E #CDB048 #DAC578

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AA8F2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.68

#AA8F2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8F2E

6.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8F2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8F2E	1.00	3.14	6.68	6.68
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9F8D1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A59533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8837C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8f2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 143, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.7% 0.117 93.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7af6d',
    500: '#aa8f2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8f2e;
$custom-light: #c7af6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8f2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.935,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65719,
    "c": 0.11711,
    "h": 93
  },
  "luminance": 0.28388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8F2E

secondary

#7183C3

accent

#69E147

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EC

border

#D2CEC7

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8F2E

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

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