#A8A12E#A8A12E

#A8A12E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.132 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A12E
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.97, -10.92, 57.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.97, 58.29, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.43% -0.0359 0.1267)
OKLCH	oklch(69.43% 0.132 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.3876, 34.0129, 7.6014)
Luminance	0.3401 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A12E #2E35A8

analogous

#A8642E #A8A12E #72A82E

triadic

#A8A12E #2EA8A1 #A12EA8

tetradic

#A8A12E #2EA864 #2E35A8 #A82E72

square

#A8A12E #2EA864 #2E35A8 #A82E72

split-complementary

#A8A12E #2E72A8 #642EA8

monochromatic

#484514 #787321 #A8A12E #CDC547 #DAD477

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A8A12E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A8A12E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A12E

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A12E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A12E	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)

#AF9B1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a12e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.132 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bc6f',
    500: '#a8a12e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a12e;
$custom-light: #c5bc6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a12e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.557,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6943,
    "c": 0.13168,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A12E

secondary

#7075C2

accent

#50E048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A12E

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

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