#A8A820#A8A820

#A8A820 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	#A8A820
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 32)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 81%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.85, -15.13, 63.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.85, 65.29, 103.40°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0489 0.1374)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.146 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4130, 36.4353, 6.7969)
Luminance	0.3643 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A820 #2020A8

analogous

#A86420 #A8A820 #64A820

triadic

#A8A820 #20A8A8 #A820A8

tetradic

#A8A820 #20A864 #2020A8 #A82064

square

#A8A820 #20A864 #2020A8 #A82064

split-complementary

#A8A820 #2064A8 #6420A8

monochromatic

#41410C #757516 #A8A820 #D7D72E #E1E161

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A820 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#A8A820 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A820

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A820	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A820	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)

#B8A42D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a820;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.146 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c169',
    500: '#a8a820',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a820;
$custom-light: #c6c169;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a820",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 68,
    "l": 39.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70905,
    "c": 0.14585,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A820

secondary

#5E5EC6

accent

#3DEB3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A820

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

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