#A8A72E#A8A72E

#A8A72E 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	#A8A72E
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.64, -14.05, 58.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.64, 60.52, 103.42°)
OKLab	oklab(70.76% -0.0447 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(70.76% 0.138 109)
XYZ	xyz(30.4614, 36.1605, 7.9593)
Luminance	0.3616 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A72E #2E2FA8

analogous

#A86A2E #A8A72E #6CA82E

triadic

#A8A72E #2EA8A7 #A72EA8

tetradic

#A8A72E #2EA86A #2E2FA8 #A82E6C

square

#A8A72E #2EA86A #2E2FA8 #A82E6C

split-complementary

#A8A72E #2E6CA8 #6A2EA8

monochromatic

#484714 #787721 #A8A72E #CDCB47 #DAD977

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A72E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#A8A72E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A72E

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A72E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A72E	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)

#B5A017

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A437

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a72e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.138 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c070',
    500: '#a8a72e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a72e;
$custom-light: #c5c070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a72e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.508,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70761,
    "c": 0.13756,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.3616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A72E

secondary

#7071C2

accent

#49E048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A72E

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

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