#A8A321#A8A321

#A8A321 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.141 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A321
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 33)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -12.51, 62.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 63.26, 101.40°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0416 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.141 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5214, 34.6301, 6.5678)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A321 #2126A8

analogous

#A86021 #A8A321 #6AA821

triadic

#A8A321 #21A8A3 #A321A8

tetradic

#A8A321 #21A860 #2126A8 #A8216A

square

#A8A321 #21A860 #2126A8 #A8216A

split-complementary

#A8A321 #216AA8 #6021A8

monochromatic

#42400D #757117 #A8A321 #D6D030 #E0DC63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A8A321 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#A8A321 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A321

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A321	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A321	1.00	2.65	7.93	7.93
#FFFFFF	2.65	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.93	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19C00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A12D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5988B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a321;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.141 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd69',
    500: '#a8a321',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a321;
$custom-light: #c6bd69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a321",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.778,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69796,
    "c": 0.14063,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34629
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A321

secondary

#5F63C5

accent

#44EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A321

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

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