#A8A81F#A8A81F

#A8A81F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.146 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A81F
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 31)
HSL	hsl(60, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 81.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -15.16, 63.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 65.56, 103.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.9% -0.0491 0.1378)
OKLCH	oklch(70.9% 0.146 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.3996, 36.4300, 6.7264)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A81F #1F1FA8

analogous

#A8641F #A8A81F #64A81F

triadic

#A8A81F #1FA8A8 #A81FA8

tetradic

#A8A81F #1FA864 #1F1FA8 #A81F64

square

#A8A81F #1FA864 #1F1FA8 #A81F64

split-complementary

#A8A81F #1F64A8 #641FA8

monochromatic

#41410C #747415 #A8A81F #D8D82C #E2E260

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A81F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#A8A81F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A81F

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A81F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A81F	1.00	2.53	8.29	8.29
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.29	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A42C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49D8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a81f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.146 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c169',
    500: '#a8a81f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a81f;
$custom-light: #c6c169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a81f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70901,
    "c": 0.14627,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36429
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A81F

secondary

#5D5DC6

accent

#3CEC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A81F

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

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