#A8AC38#A8AC38

#A8AC38 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.136 H 111.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.62:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AC38
RGB	rgb(168, 172, 56)
HSL	hsl(62, 51%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(62, 67%, 67%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.3%, 0%, 67.4%, 32.5%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.11, -16.09, 56.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.11, 58.76, 105.89°)
OKLab	oklab(71.95% -0.0494 0.1269)
OKLCH	oklch(71.95% 0.136 111.3)
XYZ	xyz(31.6158, 38.1162, 9.4323)
Luminance	0.3811 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AC38 #3C38AC

analogous

#AC7638 #A8AC38 #6EAC38

triadic

#A8AC38 #38A8AC #AC38A8

tetradic

#A8AC38 #38AC76 #3C38AC #AC386E

square

#A8AC38 #38AC76 #3C38AC #AC386E

split-complementary

#A8AC38 #386EAC #7638AC

monochromatic

#4E501A #7B7E29 #A8AC38 #C5C958 #D5D887

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#A8AC38 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.62

#A8AC38 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AC38

8.62:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AC38	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AC38	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)

#B9A427

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BAA740

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ac38;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 172, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.136 111.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c475',
    500: '#a8ac38',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ac38;
$custom-light: #c5c475;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ac38",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 172,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.069,
    "s": 50.877,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71952,
    "c": 0.13616,
    "h": 111.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38115
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AC38

secondary

#807EC2

accent

#4DDA52

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AC38

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

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