#A8A727#A8A727

#A8A727 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.142 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A727
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 76.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.60, -14.36, 61.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.60, 62.87, 103.20°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0462 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.142 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.3345, 36.1097, 7.2910)
Luminance	0.3611 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A727 #2728A8

analogous

#A86627 #A8A727 #68A827

triadic

#A8A727 #27A8A7 #A727A8

tetradic

#A8A727 #27A866 #2728A8 #A82768

square

#A8A727 #27A866 #2728A8 #A82768

split-complementary

#A8A727 #2768A8 #6627A8

monochromatic

#454410 #76761B #A8A727 #D1D03B #DDDC6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A727 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#A8A727 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A727

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A727	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A727	1.00	2.55	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.55	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)

#B5A004

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A432

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a727;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.142 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c06c',
    500: '#a8a727',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a727;
$custom-light: #c6c06c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a727",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.535,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70718,
    "c": 0.14151,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36109
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A727

secondary

#6768C3

accent

#44E542

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A727

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

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