#A8A022#A8A022

#A8A022 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.137 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A022
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 34)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -10.90, 60.98)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 61.95, 100.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.037 0.1323)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.137 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0093, 33.5831, 6.4672)
Luminance	0.3358 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A022 #222AA8

analogous

#A85D22 #A8A022 #6DA822

triadic

#A8A022 #22A8A0 #A022A8

tetradic

#A8A022 #22A85D #222AA8 #A8226D

square

#A8A022 #22A85D #222AA8 #A8226D

split-complementary

#A8A022 #226DA8 #5D22A8

monochromatic

#423F0D #757018 #A8A022 #D5CC32 #E0D865

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A8A022 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#A8A022 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A022

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A022	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A022	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)

#B29F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a022;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.137 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb69',
    500: '#a8a022',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a022;
$custom-light: #c6bb69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a022",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.418,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69136,
    "c": 0.13741,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33582
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A022

secondary

#6167C5

accent

#49E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A022

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

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