#A8A823#A8A823

#A8A823 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.144 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A823
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.86, -15.03, 62.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.86, 64.44, 103.48°)
OKLab	oklab(70.92% -0.0484 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(70.92% 0.144 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4556, 36.4524, 7.0215)
Luminance	0.3645 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A823 #2323A8

analogous

#A86623 #A8A823 #66A823

triadic

#A8A823 #23A8A8 #A823A8

tetradic

#A8A823 #23A866 #2323A8 #A82366

square

#A8A823 #23A866 #2323A8 #A82366

split-complementary

#A8A823 #2366A8 #6623A8

monochromatic

#43430E #757518 #A8A823 #D5D534 #DFDF66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A823 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#A8A823 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A823

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A823	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A823	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)

#B8A52F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a823;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.144 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c16b',
    500: '#a8a823',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a823;
$custom-light: #c6c16b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a823",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7092,
    "c": 0.14448,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.36451
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A823

secondary

#6262C5

accent

#3FE83F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A823

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

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