#A8AA29#A8AA29

#A8AA29 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.143 H 110.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AA29
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 41)
HSL	hsl(61, 61%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(61, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 75.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.45, -15.82, 61.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.45, 63.34, 104.46°)
OKLab	oklab(71.4% -0.0501 0.1344)
OKLCH	oklch(71.4% 0.143 110.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.9245, 37.2353, 7.6555)
Luminance	0.3723 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AA29 #2B29AA

analogous

#AA6C29 #A8AA29 #68AA29

triadic

#A8AA29 #29A8AA #AA29A8

tetradic

#A8AA29 #29AA6C #2B29AA #AA2968

square

#A8AA29 #29AA6C #2B29AA #AA2968

split-complementary

#A8AA29 #2968AA #6C29AA

monochromatic

#474711 #77791D #A8AA29 #CFD13F #DBDD71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A8AA29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#A8AA29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AA29

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AA29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AA29	1.00	2.49	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.49	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.45	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B8A208

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A634

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aa29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.143 110.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c36e',
    500: '#a8aa29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aa29;
$custom-light: #c5c36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aa29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.93,
    "s": 61.137,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.714,
    "c": 0.14345,
    "h": 110.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.37234
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AA29

secondary

#6C6BC4

accent

#44E446

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AA29

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

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