#A8A82E#A8A82E

#A8A82E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.139 H 109.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A82E
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 46)
HSL	hsl(60, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.92, -14.56, 59.13)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.92, 60.90, 103.84°)
OKLab	oklab(70.98% -0.0462 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(70.98% 0.139 109.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.6453, 36.5283, 8.0206)
Luminance	0.3653 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A82E #2E2EA8

analogous

#A86B2E #A8A82E #6BA82E

triadic

#A8A82E #2EA8A8 #A82EA8

tetradic

#A8A82E #2EA86B #2E2EA8 #A82E6B

square

#A8A82E #2EA86B #2E2EA8 #A82E6B

split-complementary

#A8A82E #2E6BA8 #6B2EA8

monochromatic

#484814 #787821 #A8A82E #CDCD47 #DADA77

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A82E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#A8A82E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A82E

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A82E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A82E	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A117

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A537

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49D90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a82e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.139 109.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c170',
    500: '#a8a82e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a82e;
$custom-light: #c5c170;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a82e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70984,
    "c": 0.13856,
    "h": 109.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.36527
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A82E

secondary

#7070C2

accent

#48E048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A82E

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

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