#A8A12C#A8A12C
#A8A12C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.133 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A8A12C |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(168, 161, 44) |
| HSL | hsl(57, 58%, 42%) |
| HSV | hsv(57, 74%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 73.8%, 34.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(64.96, -11.02, 57.97) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(64.96, 59.01, 100.76°) |
| OKLab | oklab(69.42% -0.0364 0.1278) |
| OKLCH | oklch(69.42% 0.133 105.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.3491, 33.9975, 7.3986) |
| Luminance | 0.3400 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.84
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.13
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 5.12
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 5.71
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 6.05
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 6.21
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A8A12C #2C33A8
analogous
#A8632C #A8A12C #71A82C
triadic
#A8A12C #2CA8A1 #A12CA8
tetradic
#A8A12C #2CA863 #2C33A8 #A82C71
square
#A8A12C #2CA863 #2C33A8 #A82C71
split-complementary
#A8A12C #2C71A8 #632CA8
monochromatic
#474413 #78731F #A8A12C #CEC643 #DBD574
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.69
#A8A12C on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
7.80
#A8A12C on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A8A12C
7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A8A12C | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A8A12C | 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)
#AF9B16
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B2A035
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B5968A
Achromatopsia (no color)
#9E9E9E
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a8a12c; /* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 44); /* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.133 105.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c5bc6e',
500: '#a8a12c',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a8a12c; $custom-light: #c5bc6e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a8a12c",
"rgb": {
"r": 168,
"g": 161,
"b": 44
},
"hsl": {
"h": 56.613,
"s": 58.491,
"l": 41.569
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.69416,
"c": 0.13292,
"h": 105.9
},
"luminance": 0.33996
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A8A12C
secondary
#6E72C2
accent
#4FE246
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F8F6EC
border
#D1D0C7
text
#131208
muted
#82817B