#AA8E26#AA8E26

#AA8E26 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.280; OKLCH L 65.4% C 0.121 H 93.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 6.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX#AA8E26
RGBrgb(170, 142, 38)
HSLhsl(47, 63%, 41%)
HSVhsv(47, 78%, 67%)
CMYKcmyk(0%, 16.5%, 77.6%, 33.3%)
CIE-LABlab(59.92, -0.18, 55.46)
CIE-LCHlch(59.92, 55.46, 90.18°)
OKLaboklab(65.45% -0.0065 0.1212)
OKLCHoklch(65.45% 0.121 93.1)
XYZxyz(26.6019, 28.0336, 5.8432)
Luminance0.2803 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary
#AA8E26 #2642AA
analogous
#AA4C26 #AA8E26 #84AA26
triadic
#AA8E26 #26AA8E #8E26AA
tetradic
#AA8E26 #26AA4C #2642AA #AA2684
square
#AA8E26 #26AA4C #2642AA #AA2684
split-complementary
#AA8E26 #2684AA #4C26AA
monochromatic
#463A10 #78641B #AA8E26 #D3B33A #DEC66C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

3.18
#AA8E26 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

6.61
#AA8E26 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #AA8E26
6.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg##AA8E26#FFFFFF#000000##000000
##AA8E261.003.186.616.61
#FFFFFF3.181.0021.0021.00
#0000006.6121.001.001.00
##0000006.6121.001.001.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)
#9E8C11
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#A5942C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B8827A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#909090

Design tokens & code

CSS
--color: #aa8e26;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(170, 142, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(65.4% 0.121 93.1);
Tailwind
colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c7ae69',
    500: '#aa8e26',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}
SCSS
$custom: #aa8e26;
$custom-light: #c7ae69;
$custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
  "hex": "#aa8e26",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 170,
    "g": 142,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 47.273,
    "s": 63.462,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.65449,
    "c": 0.12137,
    "h": 93.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.28032
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary
#AA8E26
secondary
#677BC5
accent
#64E641
background
#FCFAF6
surface
#F9F4EB
border
#D2CEC6
text
#141007
muted
#827F7A

Preview Lab

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#AA8E26 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva