#A8A829#A8A829

#A8A829 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.141 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.30:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A829
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 41)
HSL	hsl(60, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 75.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.89, -14.79, 60.82)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.89, 62.59, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.95% -0.0473 0.1333)
OKLCH	oklch(70.95% 0.141 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5525, 36.4911, 7.5315)
Luminance	0.3649 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A829 #2929A8

analogous

#A86829 #A8A829 #68A829

triadic

#A8A829 #29A8A8 #A829A8

tetradic

#A8A829 #29A868 #2929A8 #A82968

square

#A8A829 #29A868 #2929A8 #A82968

split-complementary

#A8A829 #2968A8 #6829A8

monochromatic

#464611 #77771D #A8A829 #D0D03E #DCDC6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A829 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.30

#A8A829 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A829

8.30:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A829	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A829	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)

#B6A10A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A533

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a829;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.141 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c16d',
    500: '#a8a829',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a829;
$custom-light: #c5c16d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a829",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 60.766,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70953,
    "c": 0.14144,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3649
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A829

secondary

#6A6AC3

accent

#44E444

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A829

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

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