#A8AD2A#A8AD2A

#A8AD2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.146 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AD2A
RGB	rgb(168, 173, 42)
HSL	hsl(62, 61%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(62, 76%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 75.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.30, -17.31, 61.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.30, 64.17, 105.65°)
OKLab	oklab(72.08% -0.0542 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(72.08% 0.146 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.5110, 38.3799, 7.9382)
Luminance	0.3838 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AD2A #2F2AAD

analogous

#AD712A #A8AD2A #67AD2A

triadic

#A8AD2A #2AA8AD #AD2AA8

tetradic

#A8AD2A #2AAD71 #2F2AAD #AD2A67

square

#A8AD2A #2AAD71 #2F2AAD #AD2A67

split-complementary

#A8AD2A #2A67AD #712AAD

monochromatic

#484B12 #787C1E #A8AD2A #CCD143 #D9DD74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A8AD2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.68

#A8AD2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AD2A

8.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AD2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AD2A	1.00	2.42	8.68	8.68
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.68	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BBA509

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA835

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A294

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ad2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 173, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.146 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c56e',
    500: '#a8ad2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ad2a;
$custom-light: #c5c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ad2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.29,
    "s": 60.93,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72079,
    "c": 0.14599,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38379
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AD2A

secondary

#716EC5

accent

#44E44A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AD2A

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

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