#A8A822#A8A822

#A8A822 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.364; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.145 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A822
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 34)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 80%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 79.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -15.06, 62.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 64.73, 103.45°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0486 0.1366)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.145 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4410, 36.4465, 6.9444)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A822 #2222A8

analogous

#A86522 #A8A822 #65A822

triadic

#A8A822 #22A8A8 #A822A8

tetradic

#A8A822 #22A865 #2222A8 #A82265

square

#A8A822 #22A865 #2222A8 #A82265

split-complementary

#A8A822 #2265A8 #6522A8

monochromatic

#42420D #757518 #A8A822 #D5D532 #E0E065

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A822 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#A8A822 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A822

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A822	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A822	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)

#B8A52E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a822;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 34);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.145 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c16a',
    500: '#a8a822',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a822;
$custom-light: #c6c16a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a822",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 34
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 66.337,
    "l": 39.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70915,
    "c": 0.14495,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36446
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A822

secondary

#6161C5

accent

#3FE93F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A822

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

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