#A8A642#A8A642

#A8A642 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.122 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A642
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 66)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 60.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.51, -12.34, 50.61)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.51, 52.09, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.71% -0.0378 0.1159)
OKLCH	oklch(70.71% 0.122 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7690, 35.9915, 10.4794)
Luminance	0.3599 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A642 #4244A8

analogous

#A87342 #A8A642 #77A842

triadic

#A8A642 #42A8A6 #A642A8

tetradic

#A8A642 #42A873 #4244A8 #A84277

square

#A8A642 #42A873 #4244A8 #A84277

split-complementary

#A8A642 #4277A8 #7342A8

monochromatic

#504F1F #7C7B31 #A8A642 #C2C165 #D4D291

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A8A642 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#A8A642 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A642

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A642	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A642	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A036

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A348

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a642;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.122 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c07b',
    500: '#a8a642',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a642;
$custom-light: #c4c07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a642",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.824,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70706,
    "c": 0.12192,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35991
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A642

secondary

#8788BF

accent

#57D354

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A642

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

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