#A8A220#A8A220

#A8A220 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.140 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A220
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 32)
HSL	hsl(57, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 81%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, -12.02, 62.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 63.20, 100.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0403 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.14 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3307, 34.2709, 6.4362)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A220 #2026A8

analogous

#A85E20 #A8A220 #6AA820

triadic

#A8A220 #20A8A2 #A220A8

tetradic

#A8A220 #20A85E #2026A8 #A8206A

square

#A8A220 #20A85E #2026A8 #A8206A

split-complementary

#A8A220 #206AA8 #5E20A8

monochromatic

#413F0C #757016 #A8A220 #D7D02E #E1DB61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A8A220 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.85

#A8A220 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A220

7.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A220	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A220	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)

#B3A02C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5978A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a220;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.140 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd69',
    500: '#a8a220',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a220;
$custom-light: #c6bd69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a220",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.353,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69569,
    "c": 0.14016,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3427
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A220

secondary

#5E63C6

accent

#45EB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A220

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

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