#A8A22D#A8A22D

#A8A22D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.6% C 0.133 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A22D
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 45)
HSL	hsl(57, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 73.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.24, -11.49, 57.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.24, 59.01, 101.23°)
OKLab	oklab(69.64% -0.0377 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(69.64% 0.133 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5436, 34.3560, 7.5573)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A22D #2D33A8

analogous

#A8652D #A8A22D #71A82D

triadic

#A8A22D #2DA8A2 #A22DA8

tetradic

#A8A22D #2DA865 #2D33A8 #A82D71

square

#A8A22D #2DA865 #2D33A8 #A82D71

split-complementary

#A8A22D #2D71A8 #652DA8

monochromatic

#474513 #787320 #A8A22D #CDC745 #DAD575

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A8A22D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#A8A22D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A22D

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A22D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A22D	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)

#B09C17

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a22d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.6% 0.133 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bd6f',
    500: '#a8a22d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a22d;
$custom-light: #c5bd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a22d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.073,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69644,
    "c": 0.13325,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34355
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A22D

secondary

#6F73C2

accent

#4EE147

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A22D

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

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