#A8A424#A8A424

#A8A424 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.140 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A424
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 36)
HSL	hsl(58, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 78.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -12.92, 61.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 62.72, 101.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0425 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.14 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7436, 35.0042, 6.8584)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A424 #2428A8

analogous

#A86224 #A8A424 #6AA824

triadic

#A8A424 #24A8A4 #A424A8

tetradic

#A8A424 #24A862 #2428A8 #A8246A

square

#A8A424 #24A862 #2428A8 #A8246A

split-complementary

#A8A424 #246AA8 #6224A8

monochromatic

#43420E #767319 #A8A424 #D4CF35 #DFDB68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A8A424 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A8A424 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A424

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A424	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A424	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	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)

#B5A22F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5998C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a424;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.140 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be6b',
    500: '#a8a424',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a424;
$custom-light: #c6be6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a424",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.182,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70033,
    "c": 0.14014,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A424

secondary

#6366C4

accent

#45E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A424

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

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