#A8AD23#A8AD23

#A8AD23 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.383; OKLCH L 72.0% C 0.149 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AD23
RGB	rgb(168, 173, 35)
HSL	hsl(62, 66%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(62, 80%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 79.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.27, -17.58, 63.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.27, 66.28, 105.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.04% -0.0555 0.1388)
OKLCH	oklch(72.04% 0.149 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.3965, 38.3341, 7.3351)
Luminance	0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AD23 #2823AD

analogous

#AD6D23 #A8AD23 #63AD23

triadic

#A8AD23 #23A8AD #AD23A8

tetradic

#A8AD23 #23AD6D #2823AD #AD2363

square

#A8AD23 #23AD6D #2823AD #AD2363

split-complementary

#A8AD23 #2363AD #6D23AD

monochromatic

#45470E #777A19 #A8AD23 #D1D637 #DCE16A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A8AD23 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#A8AD23 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AD23

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AD23	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AD23	1.00	2.42	8.67	8.67
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.67	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA500

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA830

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ad23;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 173, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.0% 0.149 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c56b',
    500: '#a8ad23',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ad23;
$custom-light: #c6c56b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ad23",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.174,
    "s": 66.346,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72041,
    "c": 0.14948,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38333
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AD23

secondary

#6965C7

accent

#3FE945

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AD23

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

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