#A8A72D#A8A72D

#A8A72D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.138 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A72D
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 45)
HSL	hsl(60, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 73.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -14.10, 59.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 60.87, 103.39°)
OKLab	oklab(70.75% -0.045 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(70.75% 0.138 109)
XYZ	xyz(30.4419, 36.1527, 7.8567)
Luminance	0.3615 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A72D #2D2EA8

analogous

#A86A2D #A8A72D #6CA82D

triadic

#A8A72D #2DA8A7 #A72DA8

tetradic

#A8A72D #2DA86A #2D2EA8 #A82D6C

square

#A8A72D #2DA86A #2D2EA8 #A82D6C

split-complementary

#A8A72D #2D6CA8 #6A2DA8

monochromatic

#474713 #787720 #A8A72D #CDCC45 #DAD975

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A72D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#A8A72D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A72D

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A72D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A72D	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)

#B5A015

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A436

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a72d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.138 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c06f',
    500: '#a8a72d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a72d;
$custom-light: #c5c06f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a72d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.512,
    "s": 57.746,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70754,
    "c": 0.13816,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.36152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A72D

secondary

#6F70C2

accent

#48E147

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A72D

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

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