#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
RGB	rgb(170, 137, 35)
HSL	hsl(45, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(45, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 19.4%, 79.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.57, 2.46, 55.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.57, 55.33, 87.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.38% 0.0007 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(64.38% 0.12 89.7)
XYZ	xyz(25.8282, 26.5604, 5.3561)
Luminance	0.2656 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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
##AA8923	1.00	3.33	6.31	6.31
#FFFFFF	3.33	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

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

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

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