#A8AD31#A8AD31

#A8AD31 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.384; OKLCH L 72.1% C 0.142 H 111.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AD31
RGB	rgb(168, 173, 49)
HSL	hsl(62, 56%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(62, 72%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(2.9%, 0%, 71.7%, 32.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.34, -16.98, 59.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.34, 61.79, 105.95°)
OKLab	oklab(72.12% -0.0526 0.1318)
OKLCH	oklch(72.12% 0.142 111.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.6474, 38.4345, 8.6566)
Luminance	0.3843 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AD31 #3631AD

analogous

#AD7431 #A8AD31 #6AAD31

triadic

#A8AD31 #31A8AD #AD31A8

tetradic

#A8AD31 #31AD74 #3631AD #AD316A

square

#A8AD31 #31AD74 #3631AD #AD316A

split-complementary

#A8AD31 #316AAD #7431AD

monochromatic

#4B4E16 #7A7D23 #A8AD31 #C8CD4E #D7DA7E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.42

#A8AD31 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.69

#A8AD31 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AD31

8.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AD31	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AD31	1.00	2.42	8.69	8.69
#FFFFFF	2.42	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.69	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA51B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBA83B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A295

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ad31;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 173, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.1% 0.142 111.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c572',
    500: '#a8ad31',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ad31;
$custom-light: #c5c572;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ad31",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 173,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.419,
    "s": 55.856,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72123,
    "c": 0.1419,
    "h": 111.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.38434
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AD31

secondary

#7A77C3

accent

#49DF4F

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AD31

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

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