#A8A127#A8A127

#A8A127 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.136 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.79:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A127
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 39)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 76.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.93, -11.23, 59.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.93, 60.72, 100.66°)
OKLab	oklab(69.38% -0.0375 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(69.38% 0.136 106)
XYZ	xyz(29.2608, 33.9622, 6.9331)
Luminance	0.3396 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A127 #272EA8

analogous

#A86027 #A8A127 #6EA827

triadic

#A8A127 #27A8A1 #A127A8

tetradic

#A8A127 #27A860 #272EA8 #A8276E

square

#A8A127 #27A860 #272EA8 #A8276E

split-complementary

#A8A127 #276EA8 #6027A8

monochromatic

#454210 #76711B #A8A127 #D1C93B #DDD76C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.70

#A8A127 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.79

#A8A127 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A127

7.79:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A127	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A127	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)

#AF9B09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5968A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a127;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.136 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bc6b',
    500: '#a8a127',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a127;
$custom-light: #c6bc6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a127",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.744,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69385,
    "c": 0.13577,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.33961
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A127

secondary

#676CC3

accent

#4BE542

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A127

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

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