#A8A923#A8A923

#A8A923 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.145 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.36:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A923
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 79.3%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.14, -15.54, 62.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.14, 64.81, 103.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.14% -0.0498 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(71.14% 0.145 110)
XYZ	xyz(30.6409, 36.8230, 7.0833)
Luminance	0.3682 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A923 #2423A9

analogous

#A96723 #A8A923 #65A923

triadic

#A8A923 #23A8A9 #A923A8

tetradic

#A8A923 #23A967 #2423A9 #A92365

square

#A8A923 #23A967 #2423A9 #A92365

split-complementary

#A8A923 #2365A9 #6723A9

monochromatic

#43440E #767619 #A8A923 #D4D534 #DFDF67

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A8A923 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.36

#A8A923 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A923

8.36:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A923	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A923	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)

#B8A52F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a923;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.145 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c26b',
    500: '#a8a923',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a923;
$custom-light: #c6c26b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a923",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.448,
    "s": 65.686,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71144,
    "c": 0.14547,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.36822
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A923

secondary

#6363C5

accent

#3FE940

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A923

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

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