#AA8A25#AA8A25

#AA8A25 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.269; OKLCH L 64.6% C 0.120 H 90.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8A25
RGB	rgb(170, 138, 37)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.8%, 78.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(58.84, 1.98, 54.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(58.84, 54.86, 87.93°)
OKLab	oklab(64.6% -0.0004 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(64.6% 0.12 90.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.0015, 26.8582, 5.5646)
Luminance	0.2686 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8A25 #2545AA

analogous

#AA4725 #AA8A25 #87AA25

triadic

#AA8A25 #25AA8A #8A25AA

tetradic

#AA8A25 #25AA47 #2545AA #AA2587

square

#AA8A25 #25AA47 #2545AA #AA2587

split-complementary

#AA8A25 #2587AA #4725AA

monochromatic

#45380F #78611A #AA8A25 #D4AE38 #DFC36B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.30

#AA8A25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.37

#AA8A25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8A25

6.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8A25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8A25	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)

#9A8811

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A2912B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87E77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8a25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 138, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.6% 0.120 90.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ab68',
    500: '#aa8a25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8a25;
$custom-light: #c8ab68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8a25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 138,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.564,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64598,
    "c": 0.11963,
    "h": 90.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.26857
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8A25

secondary

#667DC5

accent

#69E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8A25

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

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