#A8A626#A8A626

#A8A626 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.141 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A626
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 38)
HSL	hsl(59, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 77.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.32, -13.88, 61.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.32, 62.82, 102.77°)
OKLab	oklab(70.49% -0.045 0.1337)
OKLCH	oklch(70.49% 0.141 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1357, 35.7382, 7.1441)
Luminance	0.3574 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A626 #2628A8

analogous

#A86526 #A8A626 #69A826

triadic

#A8A626 #26A8A6 #A626A8

tetradic

#A8A626 #26A865 #2628A8 #A82669

square

#A8A626 #26A865 #2628A8 #A82669

split-complementary

#A8A626 #2669A8 #6526A8

monochromatic

#44430F #76751B #A8A626 #D2D039 #DEDC6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A8A626 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#A8A626 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A626

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A626	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A626	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)

#B49F02

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A331

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a626;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.141 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c06c',
    500: '#a8a626',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a626;
$custom-light: #c6c06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a626",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.077,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70489,
    "c": 0.14105,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35737
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A626

secondary

#6667C4

accent

#44E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A626

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

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