#A8A422#A8A422

#A8A422 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.141 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A422
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 34)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.74, -12.99, 61.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.74, 63.32, 101.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.0428 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.141 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7139, 34.9923, 6.7021)
Luminance	0.3499 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A422 #2226A8

analogous

#A86122 #A8A422 #69A822

triadic

#A8A422 #22A8A4 #A422A8

tetradic

#A8A422 #22A861 #2226A8 #A82269

square

#A8A422 #22A861 #2226A8 #A82269

split-complementary

#A8A422 #2269A8 #6122A8

monochromatic

#42410D #757218 #A8A422 #D5D132 #E0DC65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A8A422 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A8A422 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A422

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A422	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A422	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)

#B5A22E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5998C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a422;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.141 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be6a',
    500: '#a8a422',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a422;
$custom-light: #c6be6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a422",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.209,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70023,
    "c": 0.1411,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A422

secondary

#6164C5

accent

#44E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A422

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

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