#A8A622#A8A622

#A8A622 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.143 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A622
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 34)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.30, -14.03, 62.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.30, 64.02, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0457 0.1355)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.143 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0746, 35.7138, 6.8223)
Luminance	0.3571 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A622 #2224A8

analogous

#A86322 #A8A622 #67A822

triadic

#A8A622 #22A8A6 #A622A8

tetradic

#A8A622 #22A863 #2224A8 #A82267

square

#A8A622 #22A863 #2224A8 #A82267

split-complementary

#A8A622 #2267A8 #6322A8

monochromatic

#42410D #757418 #A8A622 #D5D332 #E0DE65

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A8A622 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#A8A622 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A622

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A622	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A622	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)

#B6A32E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a622;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.143 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c06a',
    500: '#a8a622',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a622;
$custom-light: #c6c06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a622",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.104,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70468,
    "c": 0.14301,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35713
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A622

secondary

#6162C5

accent

#41E93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A622

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

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