#A8A72C#A8A72C

#A8A72C 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	#A8A72C
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 44)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 73.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.63, -14.14, 59.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.63, 61.21, 103.36°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.0452 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.139 109)
XYZ	xyz(30.4229, 36.1451, 7.7565)
Luminance	0.3614 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A72C #2C2DA8

analogous

#A8692C #A8A72C #6BA82C

triadic

#A8A72C #2CA8A7 #A72CA8

tetradic

#A8A72C #2CA869 #2C2DA8 #A82C6B

square

#A8A72C #2CA869 #2C2DA8 #A82C6B

split-complementary

#A8A72C #2C6BA8 #692CA8

monochromatic

#474713 #78771F #A8A72C #CECD43 #DBDA74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A72C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#A8A72C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A72C

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A72C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A72C	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)

#B5A013

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a72c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.139 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c06f',
    500: '#a8a72c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a72c;
$custom-light: #c5c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a72c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.516,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70748,
    "c": 0.13874,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.36144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A72C

secondary

#6E6EC2

accent

#47E246

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A72C

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

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