#A8A932#A8A932
#A8A932 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.137 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A8A932 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(168, 169, 50) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 54%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 70%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 70.4%, 33.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.23, -14.88, 57.96) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(67.23, 59.84, 104.40°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.24% -0.0467 0.1289) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.24% 0.137 109.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.9132, 36.9319, 8.5172) |
| Luminance | 0.3693 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.42
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 2.98
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 4.51
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.75
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 4.86
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 5.45
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A8A932 #3332A9
analogous
#A96E32 #A8A932 #6CA932
triadic
#A8A932 #32A8A9 #A932A8
tetradic
#A8A932 #32A96E #3332A9 #A9326C
square
#A8A932 #32A96E #3332A9 #A9326C
split-complementary
#A8A932 #326CA9 #6E32A9
monochromatic
#4A4B16 #797A24 #A8A932 #C9CB4E #D8D97D
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.50
#A8A932 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.39
#A8A932 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A8A932
8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A8A932 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A8A932 | 1.00 | 2.50 | 8.39 | 8.39 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.50 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 8.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 8.39 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B7A21E
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B8A53B
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B49E92
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a8a932; /* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 50); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.137 109.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c5c272',
500: '#a8a932',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a8a932; $custom-light: #c5c272; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a8a932",
"rgb": {
"r": 168,
"g": 169,
"b": 50
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60.504,
"s": 54.338,
"l": 42.941
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.71235,
"c": 0.13707,
"h": 109.9
},
"luminance": 0.36931
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A8A932
secondary
#7676C1
accent
#4ADE4B
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F7ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#131208
muted
#82817B