#A8A12A#A8A12A

#A8A12A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.134 H 106.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A12A
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 42)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -11.11, 58.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 59.71, 100.72°)
OKLab	oklab(69.4% -0.0369 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(69.4% 0.134 106)
XYZ	xyz(29.3124, 33.9828, 7.2053)
Luminance	0.3398 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A12A #2A31A8

analogous

#A8622A #A8A12A #70A82A

triadic

#A8A12A #2AA8A1 #A12AA8

tetradic

#A8A12A #2AA862 #2A31A8 #A82A70

square

#A8A12A #2AA862 #2A31A8 #A82A70

split-complementary

#A8A12A #2A70A8 #622AA8

monochromatic

#464312 #77721E #A8A12A #CFC740 #DBD671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A8A12A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A8A12A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A12A

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A12A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A12A	1.00	2.69	7.80	7.80
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.80	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5968A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a12a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.134 106.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bc6d',
    500: '#a8a12a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a12a;
$custom-light: #c5bc6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a12a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69403,
    "c": 0.1341,
    "h": 106
  },
  "luminance": 0.33982
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A12A

secondary

#6B70C3

accent

#4DE345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A12A

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

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