#A8A22E#A8A22E

#A8A22E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.133 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A22E
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 46)
HSL	hsl(57, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(57, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.25, -11.45, 57.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.25, 58.65, 101.25°)
OKLab	oklab(69.65% -0.0374 0.1273)
OKLCH	oklch(69.65% 0.133 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.5631, 34.3638, 7.6599)
Luminance	0.3436 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A22E #2E34A8

analogous

#A8652E #A8A22E #71A82E

triadic

#A8A22E #2EA8A2 #A22EA8

tetradic

#A8A22E #2EA865 #2E34A8 #A82E71

square

#A8A22E #2EA865 #2E34A8 #A82E71

split-complementary

#A8A22E #2E71A8 #652EA8

monochromatic

#484514 #787421 #A8A22E #CDC647 #DAD577

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A8A22E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.87

#A8A22E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A22E

7.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A22E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A22E	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)

#B09C19

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A036

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4978B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a22e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.133 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bd6f',
    500: '#a8a22e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a22e;
$custom-light: #c5bd6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a22e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.049,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69651,
    "c": 0.13264,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34363
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A22E

secondary

#7074C2

accent

#4FE048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A22E

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

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