#A8A229#A8A229

#A8A229 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 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A229
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 41)
HSL	hsl(57, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 75.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.22, -11.67, 59.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.22, 60.41, 101.14°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.0385 0.13)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.136 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4702, 34.3267, 7.1707)
Luminance	0.3433 (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

#A8A229 #292FA8

analogous

#A86229 #A8A229 #6EA829

triadic

#A8A229 #29A8A2 #A229A8

tetradic

#A8A229 #29A862 #292FA8 #A8296E

square

#A8A229 #29A862 #292FA8 #A8296E

split-complementary

#A8A229 #296EA8 #6229A8

monochromatic

#464311 #77731D #A8A229 #D0C93E #DCD76F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A8A229 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#A8A229 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A229

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A229	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A229	1.00	2.67	7.87	7.87
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C0E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A032

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a229;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.136 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bd6d',
    500: '#a8a229',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a229;
$custom-light: #c5bd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a229",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.165,
    "s": 60.766,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69618,
    "c": 0.1356,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34326
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A229

secondary

#6A6EC3

accent

#4BE444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A229

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

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