#AA8B26#AA8B26

#AA8B26 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.272; OKLCH L 64.8% C 0.120 H 90.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8B26
RGB	rgb(170, 139, 38)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 18.2%, 77.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.12, 1.47, 54.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.12, 54.73, 88.46°)
OKLab	oklab(64.82% -0.0018 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(64.82% 0.12 90.8)
XYZ	xyz(26.1616, 27.1529, 5.6964)
Luminance	0.2715 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8B26 #2645AA

analogous

#AA4926 #AA8B26 #87AA26

triadic

#AA8B26 #26AA8B #8B26AA

tetradic

#AA8B26 #26AA49 #2645AA #AA2687

square

#AA8B26 #26AA49 #2645AA #AA2687

split-complementary

#AA8B26 #2687AA #4926AA

monochromatic

#463910 #78621B #AA8B26 #D3AF3A #DEC36C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.27

#AA8B26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.43

#AA8B26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8B26

6.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8B26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8B26	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)

#9B8913

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A3922C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B87F78

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8E8E8E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8b26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 139, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(64.8% 0.120 90.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ac68',
    500: '#aa8b26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8b26;
$custom-light: #c7ac68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8b26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 139,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.909,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.64815,
    "c": 0.11961,
    "h": 90.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.27151
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8B26

secondary

#677DC5

accent

#68E641

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8B26

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

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