#A8AA27#A8AA27

#A8AA27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.144 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.44:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AA27
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 39)
HSL	hsl(61, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(61, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 77.1%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.44, -15.90, 61.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.44, 63.98, 104.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.39% -0.0505 0.1354)
OKLCH	oklch(71.39% 0.145 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8905, 37.2216, 7.4763)
Luminance	0.3722 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AA27 #2927AA

analogous

#AA6A27 #A8AA27 #66AA27

triadic

#A8AA27 #27A8AA #AA27A8

tetradic

#A8AA27 #27AA6A #2927AA #AA2766

square

#A8AA27 #27AA6A #2927AA #AA2766

split-complementary

#A8AA27 #2766AA #6A27AA

monochromatic

#464610 #77781C #A8AA27 #D0D23C #DCDE6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A8AA27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.44

#A8AA27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AA27

8.44:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AA27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AA27	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)

#B8A202

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A632

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aa27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.144 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c36d',
    500: '#a8aa27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aa27;
$custom-light: #c6c36d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aa27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.916,
    "s": 62.679,
    "l": 40.98
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71389,
    "c": 0.1445,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37221
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AA27

secondary

#6A69C4

accent

#42E645

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AA27

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

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