#A8AA2E#A8AA2E

#A8AA2E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.373; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.141 H 110.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.45:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AA2E
RGB	rgb(168, 170, 46)
HSL	hsl(61, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(61, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(1.2%, 0%, 72.9%, 33.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.48, -15.59, 59.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.48, 61.67, 104.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.43% -0.0491 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(71.43% 0.141 110.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.0174, 37.2724, 8.1446)
Luminance	0.3727 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AA2E #302EAA

analogous

#AA6E2E #A8AA2E #6AAA2E

triadic

#A8AA2E #2EA8AA #AA2EA8

tetradic

#A8AA2E #2EAA6E #302EAA #AA2E6A

square

#A8AA2E #2EAA6E #302EAA #AA2E6A

split-complementary

#A8AA2E #2E6AAA #6E2EAA

monochromatic

#494A14 #787A21 #A8AA2E #CBCD48 #D9DA78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.48

#A8AA2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.45

#A8AA2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AA2E

8.45:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AA2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AA2E	1.00	2.48	8.45	8.45
#FFFFFF	2.48	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)

#B8A216

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B9A638

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8aa2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 170, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.141 110.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c370',
    500: '#a8aa2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8aa2e;
$custom-light: #c5c370;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8aa2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 170,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.968,
    "s": 57.407,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71431,
    "c": 0.1406,
    "h": 110.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37272
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AA2E

secondary

#7371C3

accent

#47E14A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AA2E

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

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