#A8AD28#A8AD28

#A8AD28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.147 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.67:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AD28
RGB	rgb(168, 173, 40)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 76.9%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -17.39, 62.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 64.80, 105.57°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0546 0.1365)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.147 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4761, 38.3660, 7.7544)
Luminance	0.3836 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AD28 #2D28AD

analogous

#AD7028 #A8AD28 #65AD28

triadic

#A8AD28 #28A8AD #AD28A8

tetradic

#A8AD28 #28AD70 #2D28AD #AD2865

square

#A8AD28 #28AD70 #2D28AD #AD2865

split-complementary

#A8AD28 #2865AD #7028AD

monochromatic

#474A11 #787B1D #A8AD28 #CDD33F #DADE71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A8AD28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#A8AD28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AD28

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AD28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AD28	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)

#BBA502

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ad28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 173, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.147 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c56d',
    500: '#a8ad28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ad28;
$custom-light: #c5c56d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ad28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.256,
    "s": 62.441,
    "l": 41.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72067,
    "c": 0.14704,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38365
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AD28

secondary

#6F6CC5

accent

#42E648

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AD28

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

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