#AA8822#AA8822

#AA8822 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.263; OKLCH L 64.2% C 0.120 H 89.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8822
RGB	rgb(170, 136, 34)
HSL	hsl(45, 67%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 80%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 20%, 80%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.29, 2.97, 55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.29, 55.46, 86.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.16% 0.0021 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(64.16% 0.12 89)
XYZ	xyz(25.6720, 26.2716, 5.2318)
Luminance	0.2627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8822 #2244AA

analogous

#AA4422 #AA8822 #88AA22

triadic

#AA8822 #22AA88 #8822AA

tetradic

#AA8822 #22AA44 #2244AA #AA2288

square

#AA8822 #22AA44 #2244AA #AA2288

split-complementary

#AA8822 #2288AA #4422AA

monochromatic

#44360E #775F18 #AA8822 #D6AD33 #E0C266

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.36

#AA8822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.25

#AA8822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8822

6.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8822	1.00	3.36	6.25	6.25
#FFFFFF	3.36	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#99870B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A19028

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B97C75

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8C8C8C

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 136, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.2% 0.120 89.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8aa66',
    500: '#aa8822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8822;
$custom-light: #c8aa66;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 136,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45,
    "s": 66.667,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6416,
    "c": 0.1202,
    "h": 89
  },
  "luminance": 0.2627
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8822

secondary

#627BC6

accent

#69EA3E

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8822

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

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