#AA8B24#AA8B24

#AA8B24 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.121 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8B24
RGB	rgb(170, 139, 36)
HSL	hsl(46, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(46, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 78.8%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.10, 1.39, 55.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.10, 55.44, 88.56°)
OKLab	oklab(64.8% -0.0022 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(64.8% 0.121 91)
XYZ	xyz(26.1302, 27.1403, 5.5310)
Luminance	0.2714 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8B24 #2443AA

analogous

#AA4824 #AA8B24 #86AA24

triadic

#AA8B24 #24AA8B #8B24AA

tetradic

#AA8B24 #24AA48 #2443AA #AA2486

square

#AA8B24 #24AA48 #2443AA #AA2486

split-complementary

#AA8B24 #2486AA #4824AA

monochromatic

#45380F #776219 #AA8B24 #D5B037 #DFC469

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AA8B24 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#AA8B24 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8B24

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8B24	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8B24	1.00	3.27	6.43	6.43
#FFFFFF	3.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9B890E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8b24;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 139, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.121 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c8ac67',
    500: '#aa8b24',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8b24;
$custom-light: #c8ac67;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8b24",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.119,
    "s": 65.049,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64802,
    "c": 0.12072,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.27139
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8B24

secondary

#657BC5

accent

#67E840

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141006

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8B24

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

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