#A8A521#A8A521

#A8A521 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	#A8A521
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 33)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.02, -13.55, 62.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.02, 63.95, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.0445 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.143 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8793, 35.3459, 6.6871)
Luminance	0.3534 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A521 #2124A8

analogous

#A86221 #A8A521 #67A821

triadic

#A8A521 #21A8A5 #A521A8

tetradic

#A8A521 #21A862 #2124A8 #A82167

square

#A8A521 #21A862 #2124A8 #A82167

split-complementary

#A8A521 #2167A8 #6221A8

monochromatic

#42410D #757317 #A8A521 #D6D330 #E0DE63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A8A521 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#A8A521 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A521

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A521	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A521	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)

#B5A22D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a521;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.143 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf69',
    500: '#a8a521',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a521;
$custom-light: #c6bf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a521",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.667,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7024,
    "c": 0.14251,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35345
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A521

secondary

#5F62C5

accent

#42EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A521

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

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