#A8A91E#A8A91E

#A8A91E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.148 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A91E
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 30)
HSL	hsl(60, 70%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 82.2%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.12, -15.71, 64.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.12, 66.17, 103.73°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.0507 0.1387)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.148 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5719, 36.7954, 6.7199)
Luminance	0.3679 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A91E #1F1EA9

analogous

#A9651E #A8A91E #63A91E

triadic

#A8A91E #1EA8A9 #A91EA8

tetradic

#A8A91E #1EA965 #1F1EA9 #A91E63

square

#A8A91E #1EA965 #1F1EA9 #A91E63

split-complementary

#A8A91E #1E63A9 #651EA9

monochromatic

#41410C #747515 #A8A91E #D8D92B #E2E35F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A8A91E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#A8A91E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A91E

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A91E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A91E	1.00	2.51	8.36	8.36
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.36	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A100

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A52C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a91e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.148 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c269',
    500: '#a8a91e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a91e;
$custom-light: #c6c269;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a91e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.432,
    "s": 69.849,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7112,
    "c": 0.14766,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A91E

secondary

#5D5CC7

accent

#3BED3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A91E

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

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