#AA8C26#AA8C26

#AA8C26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.274; OKLCH L 65.0% C 0.120 H 91.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.49:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8C26
RGB	rgb(170, 140, 38)
HSL	hsl(46, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(46, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.6%, 77.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.38, 0.92, 54.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.38, 54.97, 89.04°)
OKLab	oklab(65.03% -0.0033 0.1201)
OKLCH	oklch(65.03% 0.12 91.6)
XYZ	xyz(26.3070, 27.4438, 5.7449)
Luminance	0.2744 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8C26 #2644AA

analogous

#AA4A26 #AA8C26 #86AA26

triadic

#AA8C26 #26AA8C #8C26AA

tetradic

#AA8C26 #26AA4A #2644AA #AA2686

square

#AA8C26 #26AA4A #2644AA #AA2686

split-complementary

#AA8C26 #2686AA #4A26AA

monochromatic

#463A10 #78631B #AA8C26 #D3B03A #DEC46C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.24

#AA8C26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.49

#AA8C26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8C26

6.49:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8C26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8C26	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)

#9C8A12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88078

Achromatopsia (no color)

#8F8F8F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8c26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 140, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.0% 0.120 91.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ad69',
    500: '#aa8c26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8c26;
$custom-light: #c7ad69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8c26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 140,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.364,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65026,
    "c": 0.12018,
    "h": 91.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.27442
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8C26

secondary

#677CC5

accent

#67E641

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8C26

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

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