#A8A12B#A8A12B

#A8A12B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.134 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A12B
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 74.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.95, -11.06, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.95, 59.36, 100.74°)
OKLab	oklab(69.41% -0.0366 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(69.41% 0.134 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3306, 33.9901, 7.3008)
Luminance	0.3399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A12B #2B32A8

analogous

#A8632B #A8A12B #71A82B

triadic

#A8A12B #2BA8A1 #A12BA8

tetradic

#A8A12B #2BA863 #2B32A8 #A82B71

square

#A8A12B #2BA863 #2B32A8 #A82B71

split-complementary

#A8A12B #2B71A8 #632BA8

monochromatic

#474412 #77721F #A8A12B #CFC742 #DBD572

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A8A12B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A8A12B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A12B

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A12B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A12B	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)

#AF9B13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5968A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a12b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.134 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bc6d',
    500: '#a8a12b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a12b;
$custom-light: #c5bc6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a12b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.64,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69409,
    "c": 0.13351,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33989
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A12B

secondary

#6C71C2

accent

#4EE245

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A12B

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

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