#A8A122#A8A122

#A8A122 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.339; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.138 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A122
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 34)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -11.43, 61.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 62.29, 100.57°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0385 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.138 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1833, 33.9312, 6.5252)
Luminance	0.3393 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A122 #2229A8

analogous

#A85E22 #A8A122 #6CA822

triadic

#A8A122 #22A8A1 #A122A8

tetradic

#A8A122 #22A85E #2229A8 #A8226C

square

#A8A122 #22A85E #2229A8 #A8226C

split-complementary

#A8A122 #226CA8 #5E22A8

monochromatic

#423F0D #757018 #A8A122 #D5CD32 #E0D965

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A8A122 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#A8A122 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A122

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A122	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A122	1.00	2.70	7.79	7.79
#FFFFFF	2.70	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.79	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A02D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5968A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a122;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.138 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bc69',
    500: '#a8a122',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a122;
$custom-light: #c6bc69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a122",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.866,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69357,
    "c": 0.13832,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A122

secondary

#6166C5

accent

#47E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A122

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

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