#AA8E25#AA8E25

#AA8E25 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.122 H 93.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#AA8E25
RGB	rgb(170, 142, 37)
HSL	hsl(47, 64%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(47, 78%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 16.5%, 78.2%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(59.91, -0.22, 55.81)
CIE-LCH	lch(59.91, 55.81, 90.22°)
OKLab	oklab(65.44% -0.0067 0.1217)
OKLCH	oklch(65.44% 0.122 93.2)
XYZ	xyz(26.5860, 28.0272, 5.7594)
Luminance	0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#AA8E25 #2541AA

analogous

#AA4B25 #AA8E25 #84AA25

triadic

#AA8E25 #25AA8E #8E25AA

tetradic

#AA8E25 #25AA4B #2541AA #AA2584

square

#AA8E25 #25AA4B #2541AA #AA2584

split-complementary

#AA8E25 #2584AA #4B25AA

monochromatic

#453A0F #78641A #AA8E25 #D4B338 #DFC66B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18

#AA8E25 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61

#AA8E25 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8E25

6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##AA8E25	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##AA8E25	1.00	3.18	6.61	6.61
#FFFFFF	3.18	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	6.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9E8C0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#A5942C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B8827A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #aa8e25;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.122 93.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae68',
    500: '#aa8e25',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #aa8e25;
$custom-light: #c7ae68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#aa8e25",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.368,
    "s": 64.251,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65443,
    "c": 0.12192,
    "h": 93.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.28026
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#AA8E25

secondary

#667AC5

accent

#64E741

background

#FCFAF6

surface

#F9F4EB

border

#D2CEC6

text

#141007

muted

#827F7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #AA8E25

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

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