#A8A827#A8A827

#A8A827 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.142 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A827
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 76.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.88, -14.87, 61.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.88, 63.23, 103.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.94% -0.0477 0.1343)
OKLCH	oklch(70.94% 0.143 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5184, 36.4775, 7.3523)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A827 #2727A8

analogous

#A86727 #A8A827 #67A827

triadic

#A8A827 #27A8A8 #A827A8

tetradic

#A8A827 #27A867 #2727A8 #A82767

square

#A8A827 #27A867 #2727A8 #A82767

split-complementary

#A8A827 #2767A8 #6727A8

monochromatic

#454510 #76761B #A8A827 #D1D13B #DDDD6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A827 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#A8A827 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A827

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A827	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A827	1.00	2.53	8.30	8.30
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.30	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A103

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a827;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.142 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c16c',
    500: '#a8a827',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a827;
$custom-light: #c6c16c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a827",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70941,
    "c": 0.1425,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36477
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A827

secondary

#6767C3

accent

#42E542

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A827

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

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