#A8AA23#A8AA23

#A8AA23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.146 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AA23
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 35)
HSL	hsl(61, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(61, 79%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 79.4%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.42, -16.05, 63.16)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.42, 65.17, 104.26°)
OKLab	oklab(71.37% -0.0513 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(71.37% 0.146 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8277, 37.1965, 7.1455)
Luminance	0.3720 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AA23 #2523AA

analogous

#AA6923 #A8AA23 #64AA23

triadic

#A8AA23 #23A8AA #AA23A8

tetradic

#A8AA23 #23AA69 #2523AA #AA2364

square

#A8AA23 #23AA69 #2523AA #AA2364

split-complementary

#A8AA23 #2364AA #6923AA

monochromatic

#44440E #767719 #A8AA23 #D3D535 #DEE068

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A8AA23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#A8AA23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AA23

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AA23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AA23	1.00	2.49	8.44	8.44
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.44	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A200

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A62F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49F91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aa23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.146 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c36b',
    500: '#a8aa23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aa23;
$custom-light: #c6c36b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aa23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.889,
    "s": 65.854,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71368,
    "c": 0.14646,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37196
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AA23

secondary

#6563C6

accent

#3FE942

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AA23

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

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