#A8A920#A8A920

#A8A920 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.147 H 110.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A920
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 32)
HSL	hsl(60, 68%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(60, 81%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 81.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.13, -15.64, 63.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.13, 65.64, 103.79°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0504 0.1379)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.147 110.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.5983, 36.8060, 6.8587)
Luminance	0.3680 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A920 #2120A9

analogous

#A96620 #A8A920 #64A920

triadic

#A8A920 #20A8A9 #A920A8

tetradic

#A8A920 #20A966 #2120A9 #A92064

square

#A8A920 #20A966 #2120A9 #A92064

split-complementary

#A8A920 #2064A9 #6620A9

monochromatic

#42420D #757616 #A8A920 #D6D82F #E0E162

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A8A920 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#A8A920 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A920

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A920	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A920	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)

#B8A52D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49E90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a920;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 32);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.147 110.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c26a',
    500: '#a8a920',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a920;
$custom-light: #c6c26a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a920",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 32
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.438,
    "s": 68.159,
    "l": 39.412
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71129,
    "c": 0.14682,
    "h": 110.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A920

secondary

#5F5FC6

accent

#3DEB3E

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A920

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

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