#A8A21F#A8A21F

#A8A21F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.141 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A21F
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 31)
HSL	hsl(57, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 81.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.17, -12.05, 62.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.17, 63.48, 100.94°)
OKLab	oklab(69.56% -0.0404 0.1347)
OKLCH	oklch(69.56% 0.141 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3174, 34.2655, 6.3657)
Luminance	0.3426 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A21F #1F25A8

analogous

#A85E1F #A8A21F #6AA81F

triadic

#A8A21F #1FA8A2 #A21FA8

tetradic

#A8A21F #1FA85E #1F25A8 #A81F6A

square

#A8A21F #1FA85E #1F25A8 #A81F6A

split-complementary

#A8A21F #1F6AA8 #5E1FA8

monochromatic

#413E0C #747015 #A8A21F #D8D12C #E2DC60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A8A21F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#A8A21F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A21F

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A21F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A21F	1.00	2.67	7.85	7.85
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5978A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a21f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.141 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd68',
    500: '#a8a21f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a21f;
$custom-light: #c6bd68;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a21f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.372,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69564,
    "c": 0.1406,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34264
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A21F

secondary

#5D61C6

accent

#44EC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A21F

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

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