#A8A625#A8A625

#A8A625 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.142 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A625
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 37)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 78%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -13.92, 61.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 63.13, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.48% -0.0452 0.1342)
OKLCH	oklch(70.48% 0.142 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1198, 35.7318, 7.0602)
Luminance	0.3573 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A625 #2527A8

analogous

#A86425 #A8A625 #68A825

triadic

#A8A625 #25A8A6 #A625A8

tetradic

#A8A625 #25A864 #2527A8 #A82568

square

#A8A625 #25A864 #2527A8 #A82568

split-complementary

#A8A625 #2568A8 #6425A8

monochromatic

#44430F #76741A #A8A625 #D3D137 #DEDC69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A8A625 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#A8A625 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A625

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A625	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A625	1.00	2.58	8.15	8.15
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.15	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A330

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a625;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.142 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c06b',
    500: '#a8a625',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a625;
$custom-light: #c6c06b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a625",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.084,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70484,
    "c": 0.14156,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35731
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A625

secondary

#6566C4

accent

#43E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A625

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

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