#A8A826#A8A826

#A8A826 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.143 H 109.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.29:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A826
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 38)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 77.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -14.91, 61.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 63.54, 103.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0479 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.143 109.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5021, 36.4710, 7.2662)
Luminance	0.3647 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A826 #2626A8

analogous

#A86726 #A8A826 #67A826

triadic

#A8A826 #26A8A8 #A826A8

tetradic

#A8A826 #26A867 #2626A8 #A82667

square

#A8A826 #26A867 #2626A8 #A82667

split-complementary

#A8A826 #2667A8 #6726A8

monochromatic

#44440F #76761B #A8A826 #D2D239 #DEDE6B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A826 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.29

#A8A826 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A826

8.29:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A826	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A826	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)

#B7A531

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a826;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 38);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.143 109.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c16c',
    500: '#a8a826',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a826;
$custom-light: #c6c16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a826",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 38
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 63.107,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70936,
    "c": 0.14302,
    "h": 109.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.3647
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A826

secondary

#6666C4

accent

#42E642

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A826

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

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