#A8A529#A8A529

#A8A529 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.138 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A529
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 41)
HSL	hsl(59, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 75.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -13.24, 60.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 61.49, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0429 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.138 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.0050, 35.3962, 7.3490)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A529 #292CA8

analogous

#A86529 #A8A529 #6BA829

triadic

#A8A529 #29A8A5 #A529A8

tetradic

#A8A529 #29A865 #292CA8 #A8296B

square

#A8A529 #29A865 #292CA8 #A8296B

split-complementary

#A8A529 #296BA8 #6529A8

monochromatic

#464411 #77751D #A8A529 #D0CD3E #DCD96F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A8A529 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#A8A529 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A529

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A529	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A529	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E0C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A233

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a529;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.138 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf6d',
    500: '#a8a529',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a529;
$custom-light: #c5bf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a529",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.583,
    "s": 60.766,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70284,
    "c": 0.13848,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35395
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A529

secondary

#6A6CC3

accent

#48E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A529

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

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