#AA985A#AA985A

#AA985A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.317; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.084 H 93.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA985A
RGB	rgb(170, 152, 90)
HSL	hsl(47, 32%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(47, 47%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 47.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.13, -1.96, 34.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.13, 34.98, 93.22°)
OKLab	oklab(68.15% -0.0055 0.0842)
OKLCH	oklch(68.15% 0.084 93.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6521, 31.7419, 14.2357)
Luminance	0.3174 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA985A #5A6CAA

analogous

#AA705A #AA985A #94AA5A

triadic

#AA985A #5AAA98 #985AAA

tetradic

#AA985A #5AAA70 #5A6CAA #AA5A94

square

#AA985A #5AAA70 #5A6CAA #AA5A94

split-complementary

#AA985A #5A94AA #705AAA

monochromatic

#5B512F #837544 #AA985A #BFB182 #D4CAAB

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AA985A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#AA985A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA985A

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA985A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA985A	1.00	2.86	7.35	7.35
#FFFFFF	2.86	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.35	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A49655

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A99B5C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa985a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 152, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.084 93.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b68a',
    500: '#aa985a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa985a;
$custom-light: #c5b68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa985a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.5,
    "s": 32,
    "l": 50.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68151,
    "c": 0.0844,
    "h": 93.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.31741
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA985A

secondary

#9EA6C2

accent

#77C860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA985A

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

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