#A8A123#A8A123

#A8A123 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	#A8A123
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.91, -11.39, 60.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.91, 61.99, 100.59°)
OKLab	oklab(69.36% -0.0383 0.1324)
OKLCH	oklch(69.36% 0.138 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.1979, 33.9370, 6.6023)
Luminance	0.3394 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A123 #232AA8

analogous

#A85E23 #A8A123 #6DA823

triadic

#A8A123 #23A8A1 #A123A8

tetradic

#A8A123 #23A85E #232AA8 #A8236D

square

#A8A123 #23A85E #232AA8 #A8236D

split-complementary

#A8A123 #236DA8 #5E23A8

monochromatic

#43400E #757018 #A8A123 #D5CC34 #DFD966

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A8A123 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#A8A123 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A123

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A123	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A123	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)

#AF9B00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A02E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5968A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a123;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.138 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bc6a',
    500: '#a8a123',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a123;
$custom-light: #c6bc6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a123",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69362,
    "c": 0.13784,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33936
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A123

secondary

#6267C5

accent

#48E83F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A123

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

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