#A8A420#A8A420

#A8A420 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.142 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A420
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 32)
HSL	hsl(58, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(58, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 81%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.73, -13.06, 62.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.73, 63.89, 101.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% -0.0432 0.1353)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.142 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6859, 34.9811, 6.5545)
Luminance	0.3498 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A420 #2024A8

analogous

#A86020 #A8A420 #68A820

triadic

#A8A420 #20A8A4 #A420A8

tetradic

#A8A420 #20A860 #2024A8 #A82068

square

#A8A420 #20A860 #2024A8 #A82068

split-complementary

#A8A420 #2068A8 #6020A8

monochromatic

#41400C #757216 #A8A420 #D7D22E #E1DD61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A8A420 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A8A420 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A420

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A420	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A420	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5998C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a420;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.142 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be69',
    500: '#a8a420',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a420;
$custom-light: #c6be69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a420",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.235,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70013,
    "c": 0.14202,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3498
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A420

secondary

#5E61C6

accent

#42EB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A420

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

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