#A8A621#A8A621

#A8A621 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.143 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A621
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 33)
HSL	hsl(59, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -14.06, 62.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 64.30, 102.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.46% -0.0459 0.1359)
OKLCH	oklch(70.46% 0.143 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0604, 35.7081, 6.7474)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A621 #2123A8

analogous

#A86321 #A8A621 #67A821

triadic

#A8A621 #21A8A6 #A621A8

tetradic

#A8A621 #21A863 #2123A8 #A82167

square

#A8A621 #21A863 #2123A8 #A82167

split-complementary

#A8A621 #2167A8 #6321A8

monochromatic

#42410D #757317 #A8A621 #D6D430 #E0DF63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A8A621 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#A8A621 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A621

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A621	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A621	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a621;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.143 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c06a',
    500: '#a8a621',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a621;
$custom-light: #c6c06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a621",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.111,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70463,
    "c": 0.14347,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35707
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A621

secondary

#5F61C5

accent

#40EA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A621

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

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