#A8AC21#A8AC21

#A8AC21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.379; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.149 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.59:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AC21
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 33)
HSL	hsl(62, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(62, 81%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 80.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.98, -17.14, 64.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.98, 66.46, 104.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.81% -0.0544 0.1391)
OKLCH	oklch(71.81% 0.149 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.1766, 37.9405, 7.1195)
Luminance	0.3794 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AC21 #2521AC

analogous

#AC6B21 #A8AC21 #62AC21

triadic

#A8AC21 #21A8AC #AC21A8

tetradic

#A8AC21 #21AC6B #2521AC #AC2162

square

#A8AC21 #21AC6B #2521AC #AC2162

split-complementary

#A8AC21 #2162AC #6B21AC

monochromatic

#44450D #767917 #A8AC21 #D3D832 #DEE266

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.45

#A8AC21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.59

#A8AC21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AC21

8.59:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AC21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AC21	1.00	2.45	8.59	8.59
#FFFFFF	2.45	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.59	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA72E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ac21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.149 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c46a',
    500: '#a8ac21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ac21;
$custom-light: #c6c46a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ac21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.727,
    "s": 67.805,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71807,
    "c": 0.14937,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.3794
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AC21

secondary

#6562C7

accent

#3DEB42

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AC21

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

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