#A8AC27#A8AC27

#A8AC27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.147 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AC27
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 39)
HSL	hsl(62, 63%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(62, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 77.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.00, -16.92, 62.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.00, 64.73, 105.15°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0534 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.147 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2683, 37.9772, 7.6023)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AC27 #2B27AC

analogous

#AC6E27 #A8AC27 #66AC27

triadic

#A8AC27 #27A8AC #AC27A8

tetradic

#A8AC27 #27AC6E #2B27AC #AC2766

square

#A8AC27 #27AC6E #2B27AC #AC2766

split-complementary

#A8AC27 #2766AC #6E27AC

monochromatic

#474810 #777A1C #A8AC27 #CFD33D #DBDE6F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A8AC27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#A8AC27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AC27

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AC27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AC27	1.00	2.44	8.60	8.60
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.60	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA400

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ac27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.147 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c46d',
    500: '#a8ac27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ac27;
$custom-light: #c6c46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ac27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.805,
    "s": 63.033,
    "l": 41.373
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71837,
    "c": 0.14653,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37976
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AC27

secondary

#6C6AC5

accent

#42E647

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AC27

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

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