#A8A021#A8A021

#A8A021 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.138 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A021
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 33)
HSL	hsl(56, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -10.94, 61.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 62.25, 100.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.13% -0.0372 0.1328)
OKLCH	oklch(69.13% 0.138 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(28.9950, 33.5774, 6.3923)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A021 #2129A8

analogous

#A85C21 #A8A021 #6DA821

triadic

#A8A021 #21A8A0 #A021A8

tetradic

#A8A021 #21A85C #2129A8 #A8216D

square

#A8A021 #21A85C #2129A8 #A8216D

split-complementary

#A8A021 #216DA8 #5C21A8

monochromatic

#423F0D #756F17 #A8A021 #D6CC30 #E0D963

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A8A021 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#A8A021 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A021

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A021	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A021	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F2C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a021;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.138 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb69',
    500: '#a8a021',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a021;
$custom-light: #c6bb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a021",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.444,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69131,
    "c": 0.13788,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33576
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A021

secondary

#5F65C5

accent

#48EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A021

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

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