#A8AD21#A8AD21

#A8AD21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.150 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.66:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AD21
RGB	rgb(168, 173, 33)
HSL	hsl(62, 68%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(62, 81%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 80.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.26, -17.65, 64.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.26, 66.83, 105.31°)
OKLab	oklab(72.03% -0.0558 0.1396)
OKLCH	oklch(72.03% 0.15 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3676, 38.3226, 7.1832)
Luminance	0.3832 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AD21 #2621AD

analogous

#AD6C21 #A8AD21 #62AD21

triadic

#A8AD21 #21A8AD #AD21A8

tetradic

#A8AD21 #21AD6C #2621AD #AD2162

square

#A8AD21 #21AD6C #2621AD #AD2162

split-complementary

#A8AD21 #2162AD #6C21AD

monochromatic

#44460D #767A17 #A8AD21 #D2D833 #DEE266

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A8AD21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.66

#A8AD21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AD21

8.66:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AD21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AD21	1.00	2.42	8.66	8.66
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.66	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA82F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ad21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 173, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.150 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c56b',
    500: '#a8ad21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ad21;
$custom-light: #c6c56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ad21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.143,
    "s": 67.961,
    "l": 40.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72032,
    "c": 0.15037,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38322
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AD21

secondary

#6662C7

accent

#3DEB43

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AD21

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

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