#AA8923#AA8923

#AA8923 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.266; OKLCH L 64.4% C 0.120 H 89.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AA8923
RGBrgb(170, 137, 35)
HSLhsl(45, 66%, 40%)
HSVhsv(45, 79%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 19.4%, 79.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LABlab(58.57, 2.46, 55.28)
CIE-LCHlch(58.57, 55.33, 87.46°)
OKLaboklab(64.38% 0.0007 0.1202)
OKLCHoklch(64.38% 0.12 89.7)
XYZxyz(25.8282, 26.5604, 5.3561)
Luminance0.2656 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AA8923 #2344AA
analogous
#AA4523 #AA8923 #88AA23
triadic
#AA8923 #23AA89 #8923AA
tetradic
#AA8923 #23AA45 #2344AA #AA2388
square
#AA8923 #23AA45 #2344AA #AA2388
split-complementary
#AA8923 #2388AA #4523AA
monochromatic
#44370E #776019 #AA8923 #D5AE35 #E0C268

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.33
#AA8923 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.31
#AA8923 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8923
6.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AA8923#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AA89231.003.336.316.31
#FFFFFF3.331.0021.0021.00
#0000006.3121.001.001.00
##0000006.3121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9A880D
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A29129
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B97D76
Achromatopsia (no color)
#8D8D8D

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #aa8923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 137, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.4% 0.120 89.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ab67',
    500: '#aa8923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #aa8923;
$custom-light: #c8ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#aa8923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 137,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.333,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64376,
    "c": 0.12018,
    "h": 89.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.26559
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AA8923
secondary
#637BC6
accent
#69E93F
background
#FCFAF6
surface
#F9F4EB
border
#D2CEC6
text
#141006
muted
#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8923

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#AA8923 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva