#A8A225#A8A225

#A8A225 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.138 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A225
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 37)
HSL	hsl(57, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(57, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 78%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.20, -11.84, 60.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.20, 61.71, 101.06°)
OKLab	oklab(69.6% -0.0394 0.132)
OKLCH	oklch(69.6% 0.138 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4039, 34.3001, 6.8216)
Luminance	0.3430 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A225 #252BA8

analogous

#A86125 #A8A225 #6CA825

triadic

#A8A225 #25A8A2 #A225A8

tetradic

#A8A225 #25A861 #252BA8 #A8256C

square

#A8A225 #25A861 #252BA8 #A8256C

split-complementary

#A8A225 #256CA8 #6125A8

monochromatic

#44410F #76721A #A8A225 #D3CC37 #DED969

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A8A225 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#A8A225 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A225

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A225	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A225	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)

#B09C02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A02F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a225;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.138 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd6b',
    500: '#a8a225',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a225;
$custom-light: #c6bd6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a225",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.252,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69595,
    "c": 0.13776,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34299
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A225

secondary

#6569C4

accent

#48E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A225

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

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