#A8A520#A8A520

#A8A520 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.143 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A520
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 32)
HSL	hsl(59, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 81%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, -13.58, 62.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 64.23, 102.21°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.0446 0.1358)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.143 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8655, 35.3404, 6.6144)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A520 #2023A8

analogous

#A86120 #A8A520 #67A820

triadic

#A8A520 #20A8A5 #A520A8

tetradic

#A8A520 #20A861 #2023A8 #A82067

square

#A8A520 #20A861 #2023A8 #A82067

split-complementary

#A8A520 #2067A8 #6120A8

monochromatic

#41400C #757316 #A8A520 #D7D32E #E1DE61

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A8A520 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#A8A520 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A520

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A520	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A520	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a520;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.143 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf69',
    500: '#a8a520',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a520;
$custom-light: #c6bf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a520",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.676,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70236,
    "c": 0.14296,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35339
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A520

secondary

#5E60C6

accent

#41EB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A520

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

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