#A8A227#A8A227

#A8A227 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.137 H 106.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A227
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 39)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 76.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.21, -11.76, 59.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.21, 61.07, 101.10°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.039 0.131)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.137 106.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.4362, 34.3131, 6.9916)
Luminance	0.3431 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A227 #272DA8

analogous

#A86127 #A8A227 #6EA827

triadic

#A8A227 #27A8A2 #A227A8

tetradic

#A8A227 #27A861 #272DA8 #A8276E

square

#A8A227 #27A861 #272DA8 #A8276E

split-complementary

#A8A227 #276EA8 #6127A8

monochromatic

#454210 #76721B #A8A227 #D1CA3B #DDD86C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A8A227 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#A8A227 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A227

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A227	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A227	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)

#B09C08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A031

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a227;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.137 106.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd6c',
    500: '#a8a227',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a227;
$custom-light: #c6bd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a227",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.209,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69606,
    "c": 0.1367,
    "h": 106.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34312
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A227

secondary

#676CC3

accent

#4AE542

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A227

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

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