#A8AD29#A8AD29

#A8AD29 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	#A8AD29
RGB	rgb(168, 173, 41)
HSL	hsl(62, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 76.3%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.29, -17.35, 62.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.29, 64.49, 105.61°)
OKLab	oklab(72.07% -0.0544 0.1361)
OKLCH	oklch(72.07% 0.147 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.4933, 38.3729, 7.8451)
Luminance	0.3837 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AD29 #2E29AD

analogous

#AD7029 #A8AD29 #66AD29

triadic

#A8AD29 #29A8AD #AD29A8

tetradic

#A8AD29 #29AD70 #2E29AD #AD2966

square

#A8AD29 #29AD70 #2E29AD #AD2966

split-complementary

#A8AD29 #2966AD #7029AD

monochromatic

#484A12 #787C1D #A8AD29 #CDD241 #DADE73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A8AD29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.67

#A8AD29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AD29

8.67:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AD29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AD29	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)

#BBA506

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA834

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ad29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 173, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.147 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c56e',
    500: '#a8ad29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ad29;
$custom-light: #c5c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ad29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.273,
    "s": 61.682,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72073,
    "c": 0.14652,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38372
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AD29

secondary

#706DC5

accent

#43E549

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AD29

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

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