#A8A020#A8A020

#A8A020 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.138 H 105.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.71:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A020
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 32)
HSL	hsl(56, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 81%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.62, -10.97, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.62, 62.54, 100.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% -0.0374 0.1332)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.138 105.7)
XYZ	xyz(28.9812, 33.5719, 6.3197)
Luminance	0.3357 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A020 #2028A8

analogous

#A85C20 #A8A020 #6CA820

triadic

#A8A020 #20A8A0 #A020A8

tetradic

#A8A020 #20A85C #2028A8 #A8206C

square

#A8A020 #20A85C #2028A8 #A8206C

split-complementary

#A8A020 #206CA8 #5C20A8

monochromatic

#413E0C #756F16 #A8A020 #D7CD2E #E1D961

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A8A020 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.71

#A8A020 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A020

7.71:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A020	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A020	1.00	2.72	7.71	7.71
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.71	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F2B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a020;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.138 105.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb68',
    500: '#a8a020',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a020;
$custom-light: #c6bb68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a020",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69126,
    "c": 0.13834,
    "h": 105.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.33571
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A020

secondary

#5E64C6

accent

#47EB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A020

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

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