#A8A025#A8A025

#A8A025 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.136 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A025
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 37)
HSL	hsl(56, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 78%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.64, -10.79, 60.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.64, 61.02, 100.18°)
OKLab	oklab(69.15% -0.0364 0.1309)
OKLCH	oklch(69.15% 0.136 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0544, 33.6011, 6.7051)
Luminance	0.3360 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A025 #252DA8

analogous

#A85F25 #A8A025 #6EA825

triadic

#A8A025 #25A8A0 #A025A8

tetradic

#A8A025 #25A85F #252DA8 #A8256E

square

#A8A025 #25A85F #252DA8 #A8256E

split-complementary

#A8A025 #256EA8 #5F25A8

monochromatic

#44400F #76701A #A8A025 #D3C937 #DED769

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A8A025 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#A8A025 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A025

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A025	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A025	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)

#AE9A03

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F2F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a025;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.136 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb6a',
    500: '#a8a025',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a025;
$custom-light: #c6bb6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a025",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.336,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69152,
    "c": 0.13591,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A025

secondary

#656BC4

accent

#4BE741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A025

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

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