#A8AE28#A8AE28

#A8AE28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.388; OKLCH L 72.3% C 0.148 H 112.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AE28
RGB	rgb(168, 174, 40)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(63, 77%, 68%)
CMYK	cmyk(3.4%, 0%, 77%, 31.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.57, -17.90, 62.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.57, 65.19, 105.94°)
OKLab	oklab(72.29% -0.056 0.1371)
OKLCH	oklch(72.29% 0.148 112.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.6686, 38.7509, 7.8185)
Luminance	0.3875 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AE28 #2E28AE

analogous

#AE7128 #A8AE28 #65AE28

triadic

#A8AE28 #28A8AE #AE28A8

tetradic

#A8AE28 #28AE71 #2E28AE #AE2865

square

#A8AE28 #28AE71 #2E28AE #AE2865

split-complementary

#A8AE28 #2865AE #7128AE

monochromatic

#484A11 #787C1D #A8AE28 #CDD340 #DADF72

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.40

#A8AE28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.75

#A8AE28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AE28

8.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AE28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AE28	1.00	2.40	8.75	8.75
#FFFFFF	2.40	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA601

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A395

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A7A7A7

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8ae28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 174, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.3% 0.148 112.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c56e',
    500: '#a8ae28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8ae28;
$custom-light: #c6c56e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8ae28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 174,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.687,
    "s": 62.617,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72292,
    "c": 0.14807,
    "h": 112.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3875
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AE28

secondary

#706CC6

accent

#42E649

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F8F8EC

border

#D1D1C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AE28

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

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