#A8A024#A8A024

#A8A024 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.136 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A024
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 36)
HSL	hsl(56, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 78.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -10.83, 60.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 61.34, 100.17°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% -0.0366 0.1314)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.136 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0390, 33.5949, 6.6236)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A024 #242CA8

analogous

#A85E24 #A8A024 #6EA824

triadic

#A8A024 #24A8A0 #A024A8

tetradic

#A8A024 #24A85E #242CA8 #A8246E

square

#A8A024 #24A85E #242CA8 #A8246E

split-complementary

#A8A024 #246EA8 #5E24A8

monochromatic

#43400E #767019 #A8A024 #D4CA35 #DFD768

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A8A024 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#A8A024 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A024

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A024	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A024	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)

#B19F2E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a024;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.136 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb6a',
    500: '#a8a024',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a024;
$custom-light: #c6bb6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a024",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.364,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69147,
    "c": 0.13642,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33594
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A024

secondary

#6369C4

accent

#4AE840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A024

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

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