#A8AC2A#A8AC2A

#A8AC2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.145 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AC2A
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 42)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 76%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 75.6%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.02, -16.80, 61.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.02, 63.79, 105.27°)
OKLab	oklab(71.85% -0.0528 0.135)
OKLCH	oklch(71.85% 0.145 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3200, 37.9979, 7.8745)
Luminance	0.3800 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AC2A #2E2AAC

analogous

#AC6F2A #A8AC2A #67AC2A

triadic

#A8AC2A #2AA8AC #AC2AA8

tetradic

#A8AC2A #2AAC6F #2E2AAC #AC2A67

square

#A8AC2A #2AAC6F #2E2AAC #AC2A67

split-complementary

#A8AC2A #2A67AC #6F2AAC

monochromatic

#484A12 #787B1E #A8AC2A #CDD142 #DADD73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A8AC2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#A8AC2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AC2A

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AC2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AC2A	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)

#BAA40A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA735

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ac2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.145 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c46e',
    500: '#a8ac2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ac2a;
$custom-light: #c5c46e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ac2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.846,
    "s": 60.748,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71854,
    "c": 0.14496,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.37997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AC2A

secondary

#706DC4

accent

#44E449

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AC2A

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

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