#AA8A24#AA8A24

#AA8A24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.120 H 90.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A24
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 36)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 78.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, 1.94, 55.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 55.21, 87.98°)
OKLab	oklab(64.59% -0.0006 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(64.59% 0.12 90.3)
XYZ	xyz(25.9860, 26.8521, 5.4830)
Luminance	0.2685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A24 #2444AA

analogous

#AA4724 #AA8A24 #87AA24

triadic

#AA8A24 #24AA8A #8A24AA

tetradic

#AA8A24 #24AA47 #2444AA #AA2487

square

#AA8A24 #24AA47 #2444AA #AA2487

split-complementary

#AA8A24 #2487AA #4724AA

monochromatic

#45380F #776119 #AA8A24 #D5AF37 #DFC369

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#AA8A24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#AA8A24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A24

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A24	1.00	3.30	6.37	6.37
#FFFFFF	3.30	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9A880F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.120 90.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ab67',
    500: '#aa8a24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a24;
$custom-light: #c8ab67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.672,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64592,
    "c": 0.12017,
    "h": 90.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.2685
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A24

secondary

#657CC5

accent

#68E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A24

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

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