#A8AA1D#A8AA1D

#A8AA1D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.149 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AA1D
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 29)
HSL	hsl(61, 71%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(61, 83%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 82.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.40, -16.25, 64.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.40, 66.78, 104.08°)
OKLab	oklab(71.34% -0.0523 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(71.34% 0.149 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.7461, 37.1639, 6.7159)
Luminance	0.3716 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AA1D #1F1DAA

analogous

#AA661D #A8AA1D #62AA1D

triadic

#A8AA1D #1DA8AA #AA1DA8

tetradic

#A8AA1D #1DAA66 #1F1DAA #AA1D62

square

#A8AA1D #1DAA66 #1F1DAA #AA1D62

split-complementary

#A8AA1D #1D62AA #661DAA

monochromatic

#41410B #747614 #A8AA1D #D8DB2A #E2E45E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A8AA1D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.43

#A8AA1D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AA1D

8.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AA1D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AA1D	1.00	2.49	8.43	8.43
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A62B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aa1d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 29);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.149 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c369',
    500: '#a8aa1d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aa1d;
$custom-light: #c6c369;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aa1d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 29
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.851,
    "s": 70.854,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7134,
    "c": 0.14904,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37163
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AA1D

secondary

#5D5BC8

accent

#3AEE3D

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AA1D

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

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