#A8A223#A8A223

#A8A223 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.139 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A223
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 35)
HSL	hsl(57, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.19, -11.91, 61.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.19, 62.33, 101.02°)
OKLab	oklab(69.58% -0.0397 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(69.58% 0.139 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.3734, 34.2879, 6.6608)
Luminance	0.3429 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A223 #2329A8

analogous

#A85F23 #A8A223 #6CA823

triadic

#A8A223 #23A8A2 #A223A8

tetradic

#A8A223 #23A85F #2329A8 #A8236C

square

#A8A223 #23A85F #2329A8 #A8236C

split-complementary

#A8A223 #236CA8 #5F23A8

monochromatic

#43400E #757118 #A8A223 #D5CD34 #DFDA66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A8A223 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#A8A223 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A223

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A223	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A223	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)

#B3A02E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a223;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.139 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd6a',
    500: '#a8a223',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a223;
$custom-light: #c6bd6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a223",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.293,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69584,
    "c": 0.13876,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34287
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A223

secondary

#6267C5

accent

#47E83F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A223

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

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