#A8A22B#A8A22B

#A8A22B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.343; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.134 H 106.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A22B
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 43)
HSL	hsl(57, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(57, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 74.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.23, -11.59, 58.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.23, 59.72, 101.19°)
OKLab	oklab(69.63% -0.0381 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(69.63% 0.134 106.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5060, 34.3410, 7.3593)
Luminance	0.3434 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A22B #2B31A8

analogous

#A8642B #A8A22B #70A82B

triadic

#A8A22B #2BA8A2 #A22BA8

tetradic

#A8A22B #2BA864 #2B31A8 #A82B70

square

#A8A22B #2BA864 #2B31A8 #A82B70

split-complementary

#A8A22B #2B70A8 #642BA8

monochromatic

#474412 #77731F #A8A22B #CFC842 #DBD672

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A8A22B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#A8A22B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A22B

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A22B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A22B	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)

#B09C13

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A034

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a22b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.134 106.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bd6e',
    500: '#a8a22b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a22b;
$custom-light: #c5bd6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a22b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.12,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69631,
    "c": 0.13446,
    "h": 106.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A22B

secondary

#6C71C2

accent

#4DE245

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A22B

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

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