#A8A42B#A8A42B

#A8A42B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.136 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A42B
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 43)
HSL	hsl(58, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 74.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, -12.63, 59.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 60.45, 102.06°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.041 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.136 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8611, 35.0512, 7.4776)
Luminance	0.3505 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A42B #2B2FA8

analogous

#A8662B #A8A42B #6EA82B

triadic

#A8A42B #2BA8A4 #A42BA8

tetradic

#A8A42B #2BA866 #2B2FA8 #A82B6E

square

#A8A42B #2BA866 #2B2FA8 #A82B6E

split-complementary

#A8A42B #2B6EA8 #662BA8

monochromatic

#474512 #77741F #A8A42B #CFCA42 #DBD872

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A8A42B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#A8A42B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A42B

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A42B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A42B	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)

#B29D12

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A234

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a42b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.136 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5be6e',
    500: '#a8a42b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a42b;
$custom-light: #c5be6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a42b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.08,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70074,
    "c": 0.13637,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3505
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A42B

secondary

#6C6FC2

accent

#4AE245

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A42B

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

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