#A8A12D#A8A12D

#A8A12D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.132 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A12D
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 73.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, -10.97, 57.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 58.65, 100.78°)
OKLab	oklab(69.42% -0.0362 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(69.42% 0.132 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.3682, 34.0051, 7.4988)
Luminance	0.3400 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A12D #2D34A8

analogous

#A8642D #A8A12D #72A82D

triadic

#A8A12D #2DA8A1 #A12DA8

tetradic

#A8A12D #2DA864 #2D34A8 #A82D72

square

#A8A12D #2DA864 #2D34A8 #A82D72

split-complementary

#A8A12D #2D72A8 #642DA8

monochromatic

#474413 #787320 #A8A12D #CDC545 #DAD475

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A8A12D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A8A12D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A12D

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A12D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A12D	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)

#AF9B18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A035

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a12d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.132 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bc6e',
    500: '#a8a12d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a12d;
$custom-light: #c5bc6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a12d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.585,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69423,
    "c": 0.13231,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34004
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A12D

secondary

#6F74C2

accent

#50E147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A12D

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

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