#A8A927#A8A927

#A8A927 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.368; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.143 H 110.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.37:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A927
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 39)
HSL	hsl(60, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(60, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 76.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.16, -15.39, 61.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.16, 63.60, 104.00°)
OKLab	oklab(71.17% -0.0491 0.1348)
OKLCH	oklch(71.17% 0.144 110)
XYZ	xyz(30.7038, 36.8482, 7.4141)
Luminance	0.3685 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A927 #2827A9

analogous

#A96927 #A8A927 #67A927

triadic

#A8A927 #27A8A9 #A927A8

tetradic

#A8A927 #27A969 #2827A9 #A92767

square

#A8A927 #27A969 #2827A9 #A92767

split-complementary

#A8A927 #2767A9 #6927A9

monochromatic

#454610 #77771C #A8A927 #D1D23B #DCDD6D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.51

#A8A927 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.37

#A8A927 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A927

8.37:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A927	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A927	1.00	2.51	8.37	8.37
#FFFFFF	2.51	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.37	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A102

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A532

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a927;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.143 110.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c26c',
    500: '#a8a927',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a927;
$custom-light: #c6c26c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a927",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.462,
    "s": 62.5,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71165,
    "c": 0.1435,
    "h": 110
  },
  "luminance": 0.36847
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A927

secondary

#6968C4

accent

#42E643

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A927

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

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