#A8AC31#A8AC31

#A8AC31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.141 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AC31
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 49)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 71.5%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, -16.47, 59.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 61.39, 105.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.9% -0.0512 0.1312)
OKLCH	oklch(71.9% 0.141 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.4564, 38.0524, 8.5930)
Luminance	0.3805 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AC31 #3531AC

analogous

#AC7231 #A8AC31 #6AAC31

triadic

#A8AC31 #31A8AC #AC31A8

tetradic

#A8AC31 #31AC72 #3531AC #AC316A

square

#A8AC31 #31AC72 #3531AC #AC316A

split-complementary

#A8AC31 #316AAC #7231AC

monochromatic

#4B4D16 #797C23 #A8AC31 #C8CC4E #D7DA7D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A8AC31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#A8AC31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AC31

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AC31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AC31	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)

#B9A41B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ac31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.141 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c472',
    500: '#a8ac31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ac31;
$custom-light: #c5c472;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ac31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 61.951,
    "s": 55.656,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71899,
    "c": 0.14084,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38052
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AC31

secondary

#7876C3

accent

#49DF4E

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AC31

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

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