#A8A72B#A8A72B

#A8A72B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.139 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A72B
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 43)
HSL	hsl(60, 59%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 74.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.62, -14.19, 59.90)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.62, 61.56, 103.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.74% -0.0454 0.1317)
OKLCH	oklch(70.74% 0.139 109)
XYZ	xyz(30.4043, 36.1376, 7.6587)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A72B #2B2CA8

analogous

#A8692B #A8A72B #6BA82B

triadic

#A8A72B #2BA8A7 #A72BA8

tetradic

#A8A72B #2BA869 #2B2CA8 #A82B6B

square

#A8A72B #2BA869 #2B2CA8 #A82B6B

split-complementary

#A8A72B #2B6BA8 #692BA8

monochromatic

#474612 #77771F #A8A72B #CFCD42 #DBDA72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A72B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#A8A72B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A72B

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A72B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A72B	1.00	2.55	8.23	8.23
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.23	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A010

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A435

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a72b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 43);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.139 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c06e',
    500: '#a8a72b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a72b;
$custom-light: #c5c06e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a72b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 43
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.52,
    "s": 59.242,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70742,
    "c": 0.13932,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.36137
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A72B

secondary

#6C6DC2

accent

#47E245

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A72B

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

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