#A8AC2C#A8AC2C

#A8AC2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.144 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AC2C
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 44)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 74.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.03, -16.71, 60.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.03, 63.13, 105.35°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.0523 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.144 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3567, 38.0125, 8.0678)
Luminance	0.3801 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AC2C #302CAC

analogous

#AC702C #A8AC2C #68AC2C

triadic

#A8AC2C #2CA8AC #AC2CA8

tetradic

#A8AC2C #2CAC70 #302CAC #AC2C68

square

#A8AC2C #2CAC70 #302CAC #AC2C68

split-complementary

#A8AC2C #2C68AC #702CAC

monochromatic

#494B13 #787B20 #A8AC2C #CBD046 #D9DC76

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A8AC2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#A8AC2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AC2C

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AC2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AC2C	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)

#BAA410

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA736

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ac2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.144 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c46f',
    500: '#a8ac2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ac2c;
$custom-light: #c5c46f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ac2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.875,
    "s": 59.259,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71866,
    "c": 0.14384,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38012
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AC2C

secondary

#7370C4

accent

#45E24A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AC2C

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

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