#A8A12F#A8A12F

#A8A12F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.4% C 0.131 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.80:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A12F
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 47)
HSL	hsl(57, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 72%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.98, -10.87, 56.89)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.98, 57.92, 100.82°)
OKLab	oklab(69.44% -0.0357 0.1261)
OKLCH	oklch(69.44% 0.131 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4076, 34.0209, 7.7064)
Luminance	0.3402 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A12F #2F36A8

analogous

#A8652F #A8A12F #73A82F

triadic

#A8A12F #2FA8A1 #A12FA8

tetradic

#A8A12F #2FA865 #2F36A8 #A82F73

square

#A8A12F #2FA865 #2F36A8 #A82F73

split-complementary

#A8A12F #2F73A8 #652FA8

monochromatic

#484514 #787322 #A8A12F #CCC448 #D9D478

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A8A12F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.80

#A8A12F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A12F

7.80:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A12F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A12F	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)

#AF9B1B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A037

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a12f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.4% 0.131 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bc6f',
    500: '#a8a12f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a12f;
$custom-light: #c5bc6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a12f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.529,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69437,
    "c": 0.13105,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.3402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A12F

secondary

#7176C1

accent

#51E048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A12F

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

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