#A8A72F#A8A72F

#A8A72F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.137 H 109.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.23:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A72F
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 47)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 72%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.65, -14.00, 58.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.65, 60.16, 103.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.77% -0.0445 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(70.77% 0.137 109)
XYZ	xyz(30.4814, 36.1684, 8.0643)
Luminance	0.3617 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A72F #2F30A8

analogous

#A86B2F #A8A72F #6DA82F

triadic

#A8A72F #2FA8A7 #A72FA8

tetradic

#A8A72F #2FA86B #2F30A8 #A82F6D

square

#A8A72F #2FA86B #2F30A8 #A82F6D

split-complementary

#A8A72F #2F6DA8 #6B2FA8

monochromatic

#484814 #787722 #A8A72F #CCCB48 #D9D878

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A72F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.23

#A8A72F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A72F

8.23:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A72F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A72F	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)

#B5A019

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A438

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a72f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.137 109.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c070',
    500: '#a8a72f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a72f;
$custom-light: #c5c070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a72f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.504,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70768,
    "c": 0.13694,
    "h": 109
  },
  "luminance": 0.36167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A72F

secondary

#7172C1

accent

#49E048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A72F

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

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