#A8A42E#A8A42E

#A8A42E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.135 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A42E
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 46)
HSL	hsl(58, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(58, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.81, -12.49, 58.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.81, 59.39, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.09% -0.0404 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(70.09% 0.135 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.9182, 35.0740, 7.7782)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A42E #2E32A8

analogous

#A8672E #A8A42E #6FA82E

triadic

#A8A42E #2EA8A4 #A42EA8

tetradic

#A8A42E #2EA867 #2E32A8 #A82E6F

square

#A8A42E #2EA867 #2E32A8 #A82E6F

split-complementary

#A8A42E #2E6FA8 #672EA8

monochromatic

#484614 #787521 #A8A42E #CDC847 #DAD677

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A8A42E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#A8A42E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A42E

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A42E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A42E	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)

#B29D18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A237

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a42e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.135 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5be6f',
    500: '#a8a42e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a42e;
$custom-light: #c5be6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a42e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.033,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70094,
    "c": 0.13457,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35073
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A42E

secondary

#7073C2

accent

#4DE048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A42E

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

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