#A8AC28#A8AC28

#A8AC28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.8% C 0.146 H 111.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AC28
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 40)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 77%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 76.7%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.01, -16.88, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.01, 64.42, 105.19°)
OKLab	oklab(71.84% -0.0532 0.136)
OKLCH	oklch(71.84% 0.146 111.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.2851, 37.9839, 7.6907)
Luminance	0.3798 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AC28 #2C28AC

analogous

#AC6E28 #A8AC28 #66AC28

triadic

#A8AC28 #28A8AC #AC28A8

tetradic

#A8AC28 #28AC6E #2C28AC #AC2866

square

#A8AC28 #28AC6E #2C28AC #AC2866

split-complementary

#A8AC28 #2866AC #6E28AC

monochromatic

#474911 #787A1C #A8AC28 #CED23F #DBDE71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A8AC28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#A8AC28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AC28

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AC28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AC28	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)

#BAA403

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA733

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A193

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ac28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.8% 0.146 111.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c46d',
    500: '#a8ac28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ac28;
$custom-light: #c5c46d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ac28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.818,
    "s": 62.264,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71843,
    "c": 0.14601,
    "h": 111.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.37983
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AC28

secondary

#6E6BC5

accent

#42E547

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AC28

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

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