#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
RGBrgb(168, 173, 35)
HSLhsl(62, 66%, 41%)
HSVhsv(62, 80%, 68%)
CMYKcmyk(2.9%, 0%, 79.8%, 32.2%)
CIE-LABlab(68.27, -17.58, 63.91)
CIE-LCHlch(68.27, 66.28, 105.38°)
OKLaboklab(72.04% -0.0555 0.1388)
OKLCHoklch(72.04% 0.149 111.8)
XYZxyz(31.3965, 38.3341, 7.3351)
Luminance0.3833 (WCAG relative)
Temperaturewarm
Familyyellow

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
##A8AD231.002.428.678.67
#FFFFFF2.421.0021.0021.00
#0000008.6721.001.001.00
##0000008.6721.001.001.00

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

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#A8AD23 Color — HEX, RGB, HSL, OKLCH & Contrast — Tintiva