#AA985B#AA985B

#AA985B is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.318; OKLCH L 68.2% C 0.083 H 93.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.35:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA985B
RGB	rgb(170, 152, 91)
HSL	hsl(46, 32%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(46, 46%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.6%, 46.5%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(63.14, -1.86, 34.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(63.14, 34.46, 93.09°)
OKLab	oklab(68.17% -0.0051 0.0831)
OKLCH	oklch(68.17% 0.083 93.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6950, 31.7590, 14.4614)
Luminance	0.3176 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA985B #5B6DAA

analogous

#AA705B #AA985B #94AA5B

triadic

#AA985B #5BAA98 #985BAA

tetradic

#AA985B #5BAA70 #5B6DAA #AA5B94

square

#AA985B #5BAA70 #5B6DAA #AA5B94

split-complementary

#AA985B #5B94AA #705BAA

monochromatic

#5B512F #847544 #AA985B #BFB183 #D4CBAC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.86

#AA985B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.35

#AA985B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #AA985B

7.35:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA985B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA985B	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)

#A49656

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A89B5D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B58F89

Achromatopsia (no color)

#999999

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa985b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 152, 91);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(68.2% 0.083 93.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5b68a',
    500: '#aa985b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa985b;
$custom-light: #c5b68a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa985b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 152,
    "b": 91
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.329,
    "s": 31.727,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.68167,
    "c": 0.08329,
    "h": 93.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.31758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA985B

secondary

#9FA7C2

accent

#78C860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA985B

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

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