#A8A02B#A8A02B

#A8A02B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.133 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A02B
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 43)
HSL	hsl(56, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(56, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 74.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.68, -10.54, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.68, 59.01, 100.28°)
OKLab	oklab(69.19% -0.0352 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(69.19% 0.133 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.1565, 33.6420, 7.2428)
Luminance	0.3364 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A02B #2B33A8

analogous

#A8622B #A8A02B #72A82B

triadic

#A8A02B #2BA8A0 #A02BA8

tetradic

#A8A02B #2BA862 #2B33A8 #A82B72

square

#A8A02B #2BA862 #2B33A8 #A82B72

split-complementary

#A8A02B #2B72A8 #622BA8

monochromatic

#474312 #77721F #A8A02B #CFC642 #DBD472

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A8A02B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#A8A02B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A02B

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A02B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A02B	1.00	2.72	7.73	7.73
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.73	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a02b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.133 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bb6d',
    500: '#a8a02b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a02b;
$custom-light: #c5bb6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a02b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.16,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69188,
    "c": 0.13258,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.33641
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A02B

secondary

#6C72C2

accent

#4FE245

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A02B

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

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