#A8AC35#A8AC35

#A8AC35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 71.9% C 0.138 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AC35
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 53)
HSL	hsl(62, 53%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 69%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 69.2%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.09, -16.26, 57.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.09, 59.92, 105.75°)
OKLab	oklab(71.93% -0.0502 0.1288)
OKLCH	oklch(71.93% 0.138 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.5446, 38.0877, 9.0574)
Luminance	0.3809 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AC35 #3935AC

analogous

#AC7535 #A8AC35 #6DAC35

triadic

#A8AC35 #35A8AC #AC35A8

tetradic

#A8AC35 #35AC75 #3935AC #AC356D

square

#A8AC35 #35AC75 #3935AC #AC356D

split-complementary

#A8AC35 #356DAC #7535AC

monochromatic

#4D4E18 #7A7D27 #A8AC35 #C6CA54 #D6D983

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A8AC35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#A8AC35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AC35

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AC35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AC35	1.00	2.44	8.62	8.62
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.62	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B9A422

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA73E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A194

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ac35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.9% 0.138 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c474',
    500: '#a8ac35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ac35;
$custom-light: #c5c474;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ac35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.017,
    "s": 52.889,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71928,
    "c": 0.13824,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38087
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AC35

secondary

#7D7BC2

accent

#4CDC50

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AC35

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

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