#A8A720#A8A720

#A8A720 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.145 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A720
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 32)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 81%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.57, -14.61, 63.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.57, 64.93, 103.01°)
OKLab	oklab(70.68% -0.0475 0.1369)
OKLCH	oklch(70.68% 0.145 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2291, 36.0675, 6.7356)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A720 #2021A8

analogous

#A86320 #A8A720 #65A820

triadic

#A8A720 #20A8A7 #A720A8

tetradic

#A8A720 #20A863 #2021A8 #A82065

square

#A8A720 #20A863 #2021A8 #A82065

split-complementary

#A8A720 #2065A8 #6320A8

monochromatic

#41410C #757416 #A8A720 #D7D62E #E1E061

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A8A720 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#A8A720 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A720

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A720	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A720	1.00	2.56	8.21	8.21
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.21	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A42D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a720;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.145 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c069',
    500: '#a8a720',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a720;
$custom-light: #c6c069;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a720",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.559,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70682,
    "c": 0.14487,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36067
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A720

secondary

#5E5FC6

accent

#3EEB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A720

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

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