#A8A628#A8A628

#A8A628 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.140 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.15:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A628
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 40)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 76.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.33, -13.80, 60.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.33, 62.18, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.5% -0.0446 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(70.5% 0.14 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1688, 35.7514, 7.3186)
Luminance	0.3575 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A628 #282AA8

analogous

#A86628 #A8A628 #6AA828

triadic

#A8A628 #28A8A6 #A628A8

tetradic

#A8A628 #28A866 #282AA8 #A8286A

square

#A8A628 #28A866 #282AA8 #A8286A

split-complementary

#A8A628 #286AA8 #6628A8

monochromatic

#454410 #77751C #A8A628 #D1CE3D #DCDB6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A8A628 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.15

#A8A628 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A628

8.15:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A628	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A628	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)

#B49F08

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A332

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a628;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.140 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c06d',
    500: '#a8a628',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a628;
$custom-light: #c5c06d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a628",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.063,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70501,
    "c": 0.14,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3575
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A628

secondary

#696AC3

accent

#46E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A628

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

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