#A8A724#A8A724

#A8A724 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.143 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A724
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 36)
HSL	hsl(60, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 78.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.59, -14.47, 62.12)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.59, 63.79, 103.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.0468 0.1352)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.143 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2868, 36.0906, 7.0395)
Luminance	0.3609 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A724 #2425A8

analogous

#A86524 #A8A724 #67A824

triadic

#A8A724 #24A8A7 #A724A8

tetradic

#A8A724 #24A865 #2425A8 #A82467

square

#A8A724 #24A865 #2425A8 #A82467

split-complementary

#A8A724 #2467A8 #6524A8

monochromatic

#43430E #767519 #A8A724 #D4D335 #DFDE68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A8A724 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#A8A724 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A724

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A724	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A724	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A430

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a724;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.143 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c06b',
    500: '#a8a724',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a724;
$custom-light: #c6c06b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a724",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.545,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70702,
    "c": 0.14302,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.3609
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A724

secondary

#6364C4

accent

#41E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A724

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

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