#A8A027#A8A027

#A8A027 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.135 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A027
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 39)
HSL	hsl(56, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 76.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.66, -10.71, 59.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.66, 60.38, 100.22°)
OKLab	oklab(69.16% -0.036 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(69.16% 0.135 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.0867, 33.6140, 6.8751)
Luminance	0.3361 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A027 #272FA8

analogous

#A85F27 #A8A027 #6FA827

triadic

#A8A027 #27A8A0 #A027A8

tetradic

#A8A027 #27A85F #272FA8 #A8276F

square

#A8A027 #27A85F #272FA8 #A8276F

split-complementary

#A8A027 #276FA8 #5F27A8

monochromatic

#454110 #76711B #A8A027 #D1C83B #DDD66C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A8A027 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#A8A027 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A027

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A027	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A027	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)

#AE9A0A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F30

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a027;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.135 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb6b',
    500: '#a8a027',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a027;
$custom-light: #c6bb6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a027",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.279,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69164,
    "c": 0.13485,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.33613
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A027

secondary

#676DC3

accent

#4DE542

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A027

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

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