#A8A42C#A8A42C

#A8A42C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; 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	#A8A42C
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 44)
HSL	hsl(58, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 73.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.79, -12.58, 58.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.79, 60.10, 102.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0408 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.136 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.8797, 35.0586, 7.5754)
Luminance	0.3506 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A42C #2C30A8

analogous

#A8662C #A8A42C #6EA82C

triadic

#A8A42C #2CA8A4 #A42CA8

tetradic

#A8A42C #2CA866 #2C30A8 #A82C6E

square

#A8A42C #2CA866 #2C30A8 #A82C6E

split-complementary

#A8A42C #2C6EA8 #662CA8

monochromatic

#474513 #78751F #A8A42C #CEC943 #DBD774

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A8A42C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#A8A42C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A42C

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A42C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A42C	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)

#B29D14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A235

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a42c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.136 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5be6e',
    500: '#a8a42c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a42c;
$custom-light: #c5be6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a42c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.065,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7008,
    "c": 0.13579,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35058
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A42C

secondary

#6E70C2

accent

#4BE246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A42C

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

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