#AA8D26#AA8D26

#AA8D26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.277; OKLCH L 65.2% C 0.121 H 92.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.55:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8D26
RGB	rgb(170, 141, 38)
HSL	hsl(47, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 17.1%, 77.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.65, 0.37, 55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.65, 55.21, 89.61°)
OKLab	oklab(65.24% -0.0049 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(65.24% 0.121 92.3)
XYZ	xyz(26.4538, 27.7373, 5.7938)
Luminance	0.2774 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8D26 #2643AA

analogous

#AA4B26 #AA8D26 #85AA26

triadic

#AA8D26 #26AA8D #8D26AA

tetradic

#AA8D26 #26AA4B #2643AA #AA2685

square

#AA8D26 #26AA4B #2643AA #AA2685

split-complementary

#AA8D26 #2685AA #4B26AA

monochromatic

#463A10 #78641B #AA8D26 #D3B13A #DEC56C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.21

#AA8D26 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.55

#AA8D26 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8D26

6.55:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8D26	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8D26	1.00	3.21	6.55	6.55
#FFFFFF	3.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.55	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9D8B12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A4932C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B88179

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8d26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 141, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.2% 0.121 92.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae69',
    500: '#aa8d26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8d26;
$custom-light: #c7ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8d26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 141,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 46.818,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65237,
    "c": 0.12077,
    "h": 92.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.27736
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8D26

secondary

#677CC5

accent

#66E641

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8D26

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

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