#A8A427#A8A427

#A8A427 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.139 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A427
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 39)
HSL	hsl(58, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 76.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -12.80, 60.44)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 61.78, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0419 0.1321)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.139 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.7913, 35.0233, 7.1099)
Luminance	0.3502 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A427 #272BA8

analogous

#A86427 #A8A427 #6BA827

triadic

#A8A427 #27A8A4 #A427A8

tetradic

#A8A427 #27A864 #272BA8 #A8276B

square

#A8A427 #27A864 #272BA8 #A8276B

split-complementary

#A8A427 #276BA8 #6427A8

monochromatic

#454310 #76741B #A8A427 #D1CD3B #DDD96C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A8A427 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A8A427 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A427

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A427	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A427	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)

#B29D06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a427;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.139 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be6c',
    500: '#a8a427',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a427;
$custom-light: #c6be6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a427",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.14,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7005,
    "c": 0.1386,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35022
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A427

secondary

#676AC3

accent

#47E542

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A427

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

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