#A8A81E#A8A81E

#A8A81E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.147 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.28:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A81E
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 30)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 82.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.84, -15.19, 64.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.84, 65.82, 103.35°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0493 0.1382)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.147 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3866, 36.4248, 6.6581)
Luminance	0.3642 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A81E #1E1EA8

analogous

#A8631E #A8A81E #63A81E

triadic

#A8A81E #1EA8A8 #A81EA8

tetradic

#A8A81E #1EA863 #1E1EA8 #A81E63

square

#A8A81E #1EA863 #1E1EA8 #A81E63

split-complementary

#A8A81E #1E63A8 #631EA8

monochromatic

#40400B #747415 #A8A81E #D9D92A #E2E25E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A81E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.28

#A8A81E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A81E

8.28:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A81E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A81E	1.00	2.53	8.28	8.28
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.28	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A42C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a81e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.147 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c169',
    500: '#a8a81e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a81e;
$custom-light: #c6c169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a81e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 69.697,
    "l": 38.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70896,
    "c": 0.14669,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36424
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A81E

secondary

#5B5BC7

accent

#3BED3B

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A81E

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

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