#A8A828#A8A828

#A8A828 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	#A8A828
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 40)
HSL	hsl(60, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 76.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -14.83, 61.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 62.92, 103.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0475 0.1338)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.142 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5352, 36.4842, 7.4407)
Luminance	0.3648 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A828 #2828A8

analogous

#A86828 #A8A828 #68A828

triadic

#A8A828 #28A8A8 #A828A8

tetradic

#A8A828 #28A868 #2828A8 #A82868

square

#A8A828 #28A868 #2828A8 #A82868

split-complementary

#A8A828 #2868A8 #6828A8

monochromatic

#454510 #77771C #A8A828 #D1D13D #DCDC6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A828 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#A8A828 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A828

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A828	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A828	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)

#B6A106

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a828;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.142 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c16d',
    500: '#a8a828',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a828;
$custom-light: #c5c16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a828",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70947,
    "c": 0.14198,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A828

secondary

#6969C3

accent

#43E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A828

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

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