#A8A121#A8A121

#A8A121 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.139 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A121
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.90, -11.46, 61.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.90, 62.58, 100.55°)
OKLab	oklab(69.35% -0.0386 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(69.35% 0.139 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.1691, 33.9255, 6.4503)
Luminance	0.3392 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A121 #2128A8

analogous

#A85E21 #A8A121 #6CA821

triadic

#A8A121 #21A8A1 #A121A8

tetradic

#A8A121 #21A85E #2128A8 #A8216C

square

#A8A121 #21A85E #2128A8 #A8216C

split-complementary

#A8A121 #216CA8 #5E21A8

monochromatic

#423F0D #757017 #A8A121 #D6CE30 #E0DA63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A8A121 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.78

#A8A121 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A121

7.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A121	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A121	1.00	2.70	7.78	7.78
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A02C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5968A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a121;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.139 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bc69',
    500: '#a8a121',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a121;
$custom-light: #c6bc69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a121",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.889,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69352,
    "c": 0.13879,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33924
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A121

secondary

#5F65C5

accent

#47EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A121

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

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