#A8A322#A8A322

#A8A322 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.346; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.140 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.93:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A322
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 34)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.46, -12.47, 61.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.46, 62.97, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0414 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.14 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.5356, 34.6358, 6.6426)
Luminance	0.3463 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A322 #2227A8

analogous

#A86022 #A8A322 #6AA822

triadic

#A8A322 #22A8A3 #A322A8

tetradic

#A8A322 #22A860 #2227A8 #A8226A

square

#A8A322 #22A860 #2227A8 #A8226A

split-complementary

#A8A322 #226AA8 #6022A8

monochromatic

#42400D #757218 #A8A322 #D5CF32 #E0DB65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.65

#A8A322 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.93

#A8A322 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A322

7.93:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A322	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A322	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: #a8a322;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.140 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bd6a',
    500: '#a8a322',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a322;
$custom-light: #c6bd6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a322",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.761,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69801,
    "c": 0.14017,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34635
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A322

secondary

#6164C5

accent

#45E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A322

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

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