#A8AC2E#A8AC2E

#A8AC2E 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 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AC2E
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 46)
HSL	hsl(62, 58%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(62, 73%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 73.3%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.04, -16.62, 60.20)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.04, 62.45, 105.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.88% -0.0519 0.1329)
OKLCH	oklch(71.88% 0.143 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.3952, 38.0279, 8.2706)
Luminance	0.3803 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AC2E #322EAC

analogous

#AC712E #A8AC2E #69AC2E

triadic

#A8AC2E #2EA8AC #AC2EA8

tetradic

#A8AC2E #2EAC71 #322EAC #AC2E69

square

#A8AC2E #2EAC71 #322EAC #AC2E69

split-complementary

#A8AC2E #2E69AC #712EAC

monochromatic

#4A4B14 #797C21 #A8AC2E #CACE49 #D8DB79

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A8AC2E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#A8AC2E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AC2E

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AC2E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AC2E	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA415

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA738

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ac2e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.143 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c470',
    500: '#a8ac2e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ac2e;
$custom-light: #c5c470;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ac2e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.905,
    "s": 57.798,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71879,
    "c": 0.14267,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38027
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AC2E

secondary

#7572C3

accent

#47E14C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AC2E

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

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