#A8A421#A8A421

#A8A421 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	#A8A421
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 33)
HSL	hsl(58, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, -13.03, 62.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 63.60, 101.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.043 0.1349)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.142 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.6996, 34.9866, 6.6272)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A421 #2125A8

analogous

#A86121 #A8A421 #69A821

triadic

#A8A421 #21A8A4 #A421A8

tetradic

#A8A421 #21A861 #2125A8 #A82169

square

#A8A421 #21A861 #2125A8 #A82169

split-complementary

#A8A421 #2169A8 #6121A8

monochromatic

#42400D #757217 #A8A421 #D6D130 #E0DD63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A8A421 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A8A421 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A421

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A421	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A421	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)

#B5A22D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5998C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a421;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.142 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be69',
    500: '#a8a421',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a421;
$custom-light: #c6be69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a421",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.222,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70018,
    "c": 0.14156,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A421

secondary

#5F62C5

accent

#43EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A421

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

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