#A8A221#A8A221

#A8A221 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 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A221
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 33)
HSL	hsl(57, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(57, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.18, -11.98, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.18, 62.92, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.57% -0.0401 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(69.57% 0.14 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.3445, 34.2764, 6.5088)
Luminance	0.3427 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A221 #2127A8

analogous

#A85E21 #A8A221 #6BA821

triadic

#A8A221 #21A8A2 #A221A8

tetradic

#A8A221 #21A85E #2127A8 #A8216B

square

#A8A221 #21A85E #2127A8 #A8216B

split-complementary

#A8A221 #216BA8 #5E21A8

monochromatic

#423F0D #757117 #A8A221 #D6CF30 #E0DB63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A8A221 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#A8A221 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A221

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A221	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A221	1.00	2.67	7.86	7.86
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.86	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a221;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.140 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd69',
    500: '#a8a221',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a221;
$custom-light: #c6bd69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a221",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.333,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69574,
    "c": 0.1397,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34275
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A221

secondary

#5F64C5

accent

#45EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A221

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

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