#A8A429#A8A429

#A8A429 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.138 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A429
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 41)
HSL	hsl(58, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 75.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.78, -12.72, 59.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.78, 61.12, 102.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.06% -0.0415 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(70.06% 0.138 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.8253, 35.0369, 7.2891)
Luminance	0.3504 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A429 #292DA8

analogous

#A86429 #A8A429 #6CA829

triadic

#A8A429 #29A8A4 #A429A8

tetradic

#A8A429 #29A864 #292DA8 #A8296C

square

#A8A429 #29A864 #292DA8 #A8296C

split-complementary

#A8A429 #296CA8 #6429A8

monochromatic

#464411 #77741D #A8A429 #D0CB3E #DCD96F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A8A429 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#A8A429 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A429

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A429	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A429	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D0D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a429;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.138 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5be6d',
    500: '#a8a429',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a429;
$custom-light: #c5be6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a429",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.11,
    "s": 60.766,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70062,
    "c": 0.13751,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A429

secondary

#6A6DC3

accent

#49E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A429

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

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