#AA8F36#AA8F36

#AA8F36 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.285; OKLCH L 65.8% C 0.111 H 92.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8F36
RGB	rgb(170, 143, 54)
HSL	hsl(46, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(46, 68%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 15.9%, 68.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(60.30, 0.07, 49.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(60.30, 49.36, 89.92°)
OKLab	oklab(65.79% -0.0039 0.1114)
OKLCH	oklch(65.79% 0.111 92)
XYZ	xyz(27.0673, 28.4588, 7.5567)
Luminance	0.2846 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8F36 #3651AA

analogous

#AA5536 #AA8F36 #8BAA36

triadic

#AA8F36 #36AA8F #8F36AA

tetradic

#AA8F36 #36AA55 #3651AA #AA368B

square

#AA8F36 #36AA55 #3651AA #AA368B

split-complementary

#AA8F36 #368BAA #5536AA

monochromatic

#4D4118 #7C6827 #AA8F36 #C9AE54 #D8C483

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.14

#AA8F36 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.69

#AA8F36 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8F36

6.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8F36	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8F36	1.00	3.14	6.69	6.69
#FFFFFF	3.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8D2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5953A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8847C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#919191

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8f36;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 143, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.8% 0.111 92.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7af72',
    500: '#aa8f36',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8f36;
$custom-light: #c7af72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8f36",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 143,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.034,
    "s": 51.786,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65787,
    "c": 0.11143,
    "h": 92
  },
  "luminance": 0.28457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8F36

secondary

#7B8BC1

accent

#6EDB4D

background

#FCFAF7

surface

#F9F4ED

border

#D2CEC8

text

#131008

muted

#827F7B

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8F36

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

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