#A8A02E#A8A02E

#A8A02E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.131 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A02E
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 46)
HSL	hsl(56, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, -10.39, 56.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 57.93, 100.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.21% -0.0345 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(69.21% 0.131 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2136, 33.6648, 7.5434)
Luminance	0.3366 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A02E #2E36A8

analogous

#A8632E #A8A02E #73A82E

triadic

#A8A02E #2EA8A0 #A02EA8

tetradic

#A8A02E #2EA863 #2E36A8 #A82E73

square

#A8A02E #2EA863 #2E36A8 #A82E73

split-complementary

#A8A02E #2E73A8 #632EA8

monochromatic

#484414 #787221 #A8A02E #CDC447 #DAD377

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A8A02E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#A8A02E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A02E

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A02E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A02E	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)

#AE9A1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F36

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a02e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.131 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bb6f',
    500: '#a8a02e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a02e;
$custom-light: #c5bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a02e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.066,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69209,
    "c": 0.13074,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33664
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A02E

secondary

#7075C2

accent

#52E048

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A02E

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

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