#A8A02F#A8A02F

#A8A02F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.130 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.73:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A02F
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 47)
HSL	hsl(56, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(56, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 72%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.70, -10.35, 56.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.70, 57.56, 100.35°)
OKLab	oklab(69.22% -0.0342 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(69.22% 0.13 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.2335, 33.6728, 7.6484)
Luminance	0.3367 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A02F #2F37A8

analogous

#A8642F #A8A02F #74A82F

triadic

#A8A02F #2FA8A0 #A02FA8

tetradic

#A8A02F #2FA864 #2F37A8 #A82F74

square

#A8A02F #2FA864 #2F37A8 #A82F74

split-complementary

#A8A02F #2F74A8 #642FA8

monochromatic

#484514 #787222 #A8A02F #CCC348 #D9D378

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A8A02F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.73

#A8A02F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A02F

7.73:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A02F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A02F	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)

#AE9A1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F37

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a02f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.130 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bb6f',
    500: '#a8a02f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a02f;
$custom-light: #c5bb6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a02f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.033,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69216,
    "c": 0.1301,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.33672
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A02F

secondary

#7177C1

accent

#52E048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A02F

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

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