#A8A22A#A8A22A

#A8A22A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.135 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A22A
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 42)
HSL	hsl(57, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, -11.63, 58.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 60.07, 101.16°)
OKLab	oklab(69.62% -0.0383 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(69.62% 0.135 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.4879, 34.3337, 7.2638)
Luminance	0.3433 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A22A #2A30A8

analogous

#A8632A #A8A22A #6FA82A

triadic

#A8A22A #2AA8A2 #A22AA8

tetradic

#A8A22A #2AA863 #2A30A8 #A82A6F

square

#A8A22A #2AA863 #2A30A8 #A82A6F

split-complementary

#A8A22A #2A6FA8 #632AA8

monochromatic

#464412 #77731E #A8A22A #CFC840 #DBD671

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A8A22A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#A8A22A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A22A

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A22A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A22A	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)

#B09C11

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A033

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a22a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.135 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bd6d',
    500: '#a8a22a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a22a;
$custom-light: #c5bd6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a22a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.143,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69624,
    "c": 0.13504,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.34333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A22A

secondary

#6B6FC3

accent

#4CE345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A22A

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

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