#A8AC2D#A8AC2D

#A8AC2D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.380; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.143 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.60:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AC2D
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 45)
HSL	hsl(62, 59%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(62, 74%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 73.8%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -16.66, 60.54)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 62.79, 105.39°)
OKLab	oklab(71.87% -0.0521 0.1334)
OKLCH	oklch(71.87% 0.143 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3757, 38.0202, 8.1680)
Luminance	0.3802 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AC2D #312DAC

analogous

#AC712D #A8AC2D #68AC2D

triadic

#A8AC2D #2DA8AC #AC2DA8

tetradic

#A8AC2D #2DAC71 #312DAC #AC2D68

square

#A8AC2D #2DAC71 #312DAC #AC2D68

split-complementary

#A8AC2D #2D68AC #712DAC

monochromatic

#494B14 #797B20 #A8AC2D #CBCF47 #D8DC78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A8AC2D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.60

#A8AC2D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AC2D

8.60:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AC2D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AC2D	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)

#BAA412

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA737

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ac2d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 45);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.143 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c470',
    500: '#a8ac2d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ac2d;
$custom-light: #c5c470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ac2d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 45
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.89,
    "s": 58.525,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71873,
    "c": 0.14326,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38019
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AC2D

secondary

#7471C4

accent

#46E24B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AC2D

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

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