#A8A228#A8A228

#A8A228 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.136 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.86:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A228
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 40)
HSL	hsl(57, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 76.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, -11.72, 59.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 60.74, 101.12°)
OKLab	oklab(69.61% -0.0388 0.1305)
OKLCH	oklch(69.61% 0.136 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4530, 34.3198, 7.0800)
Luminance	0.3432 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A228 #282EA8

analogous

#A86228 #A8A228 #6EA828

triadic

#A8A228 #28A8A2 #A228A8

tetradic

#A8A228 #28A862 #282EA8 #A8286E

square

#A8A228 #28A862 #282EA8 #A8286E

split-complementary

#A8A228 #286EA8 #6228A8

monochromatic

#454310 #77721C #A8A228 #D1CA3D #DCD76E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A8A228 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.86

#A8A228 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A228

7.86:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A228	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A228	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)

#B09C0B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a228;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.136 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd6c',
    500: '#a8a228',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a228;
$custom-light: #c6bd6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a228",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.188,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69612,
    "c": 0.13616,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34319
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A228

secondary

#696DC3

accent

#4BE543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A228

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

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