#A8A425#A8A425
#A8A425 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 | #A8A425 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(168, 164, 37) |
| HSL | hsl(58, 64%, 40%) |
| HSV | hsv(58, 78%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 78%, 34.1%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(65.76, -12.88, 61.07) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(65.76, 62.41, 101.91°) |
| OKLab | oklab(70.04% -0.0423 0.1331) |
| OKLCH | oklch(70.04% 0.14 107.6) |
| XYZ | xyz(29.7590, 35.0104, 6.9400) |
| Luminance | 0.3501 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 1.75
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 1.94
Pea Soup
#929901
ΔE00 4.99
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 5.38
Baby Poop Green
#8F9805
ΔE00 5.62
Muddy Yellow
#BFAC05
ΔE00 5.72
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A8A425 #2529A8
analogous
#A86225 #A8A425 #6AA825
triadic
#A8A425 #25A8A4 #A425A8
tetradic
#A8A425 #25A862 #2529A8 #A8256A
square
#A8A425 #25A862 #2529A8 #A8256A
split-complementary
#A8A425 #256AA8 #6225A8
monochromatic
#44420F #76731A #A8A425 #D3CE37 #DEDA69
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.62
#A8A425 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.00
#A8A425 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A8A425
8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A8A425 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A8A425 | 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)
#B4A230
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B5998C
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A0A0A0
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a8a425; /* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 37); /* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.140 107.6);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c6be6b',
500: '#a8a425',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a8a425; $custom-light: #c6be6b; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a8a425",
"rgb": {
"r": 168,
"g": 164,
"b": 37
},
"hsl": {
"h": 58.168,
"s": 63.902,
"l": 40.196
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.70039,
"c": 0.13964,
"h": 107.6
},
"luminance": 0.35009
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A8A425
secondary
#6568C4
accent
#46E741
background
#FCFBF6
surface
#F9F6EC
border
#D2D0C7
text
#131207
muted
#82817A