#AA8C25#AA8C25

#AA8C25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.121 H 91.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8C25
RGB	rgb(170, 140, 37)
HSL	hsl(46, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 78.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, 0.88, 55.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 55.32, 89.09°)
OKLab	oklab(65.02% -0.0036 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(65.02% 0.121 91.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.2911, 27.4374, 5.6611)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8C25 #2543AA

analogous

#AA4925 #AA8C25 #85AA25

triadic

#AA8C25 #25AA8C #8C25AA

tetradic

#AA8C25 #25AA49 #2543AA #AA2585

square

#AA8C25 #25AA49 #2543AA #AA2585

split-complementary

#AA8C25 #2585AA #4925AA

monochromatic

#45390F #78631A #AA8C25 #D4B138 #DFC56B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AA8C25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#AA8C25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8C25

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8C25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8C25	1.00	3.24	6.49	6.49
#FFFFFF	3.24	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.49	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9C8A10

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8c25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 140, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.121 91.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ad68',
    500: '#aa8c25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8c25;
$custom-light: #c7ad68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8c25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.466,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6502,
    "c": 0.12074,
    "h": 91.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.27436
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8C25

secondary

#667BC5

accent

#66E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8C25

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

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