#AA8B25#AA8B25

#AA8B25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.271; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.120 H 91.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8B25
RGB	rgb(170, 139, 37)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 78.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.11, 1.43, 55.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.11, 55.09, 88.51°)
OKLab	oklab(64.81% -0.002 0.1202)
OKLCH	oklch(64.81% 0.12 91)
XYZ	xyz(26.1456, 27.1465, 5.6126)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8B25 #2544AA

analogous

#AA4825 #AA8B25 #86AA25

triadic

#AA8B25 #25AA8B #8B25AA

tetradic

#AA8B25 #25AA48 #2544AA #AA2586

square

#AA8B25 #25AA48 #2544AA #AA2586

split-complementary

#AA8B25 #2586AA #4825AA

monochromatic

#45390F #78621A #AA8B25 #D4B038 #DFC46B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AA8B25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#AA8B25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8B25

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8B25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8B25	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)

#9B8911

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87F77

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8b25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 139, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.120 91.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac68',
    500: '#aa8b25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8b25;
$custom-light: #c7ac68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8b25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.015,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64809,
    "c": 0.12018,
    "h": 91
  },
  "luminance": 0.27145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8B25

secondary

#667CC5

accent

#67E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8B25

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

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