#A8AA2A#A8AA2A

#A8AA2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.372; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.143 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AA2A
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 42)
HSL	hsl(61, 60%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 75%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 75.3%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.46, -15.77, 61.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.46, 63.02, 104.50°)
OKLab	oklab(71.41% -0.0499 0.1339)
OKLCH	oklch(71.41% 0.143 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9422, 37.2423, 7.7486)
Luminance	0.3724 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AA2A #2C2AAA

analogous

#AA6C2A #A8AA2A #68AA2A

triadic

#A8AA2A #2AA8AA #AA2AA8

tetradic

#A8AA2A #2AAA6C #2C2AAA #AA2A68

square

#A8AA2A #2AAA6C #2C2AAA #AA2A68

split-complementary

#A8AA2A #2A68AA #6C2AAA

monochromatic

#474812 #78791E #A8AA2A #CED041 #DBDC72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.49

#A8AA2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#A8AA2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AA2A

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AA2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AA2A	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)

#B8A20B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A635

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aa2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.143 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c36e',
    500: '#a8aa2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aa2a;
$custom-light: #c5c36e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aa2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.938,
    "s": 60.377,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71406,
    "c": 0.1429,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37241
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AA2A

secondary

#6E6CC3

accent

#44E447

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F7EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AA2A

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

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