#A8A721#A8A721

#A8A721 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.144 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.21:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A721
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 33)
HSL	hsl(60, 67%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 80.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -14.58, 62.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 64.66, 103.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0473 0.1364)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.144 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2429, 36.0730, 6.8083)
Luminance	0.3607 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A721 #2122A8

analogous

#A86421 #A8A721 #65A821

triadic

#A8A721 #21A8A7 #A721A8

tetradic

#A8A721 #21A864 #2122A8 #A82165

square

#A8A721 #21A864 #2122A8 #A82165

split-complementary

#A8A721 #2165A8 #6421A8

monochromatic

#42410D #757417 #A8A721 #D6D530 #E0DF63

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A8A721 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.21

#A8A721 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A721

8.21:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A721	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A721	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: #a8a721;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.144 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c06a',
    500: '#a8a721',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a721;
$custom-light: #c6c06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a721",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.556,
    "s": 67.164,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70687,
    "c": 0.14443,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36072
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A721

secondary

#5F60C5

accent

#3FEA3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A721

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

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