#A8AF1E#A8AF1E

#A8AF1E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.154 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AF1E
RGB	rgb(168, 175, 30)
HSL	hsl(63, 71%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(63, 83%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 82.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.81, -18.76, 65.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.81, 68.34, 105.93°)
OKLab	oklab(72.47% -0.0591 0.1418)
OKLCH	oklch(72.47% 0.154 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7139, 39.0793, 7.1005)
Luminance	0.3908 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AF1E #251EAF

analogous

#AF6E1E #A8AF1E #5FAF1E

triadic

#A8AF1E #1EA8AF #AF1EA8

tetradic

#A8AF1E #1EAF6E #251EAF #AF1E5F

square

#A8AF1E #1EAF6E #251EAF #AF1E5F

split-complementary

#A8AF1E #1E5FAF #6E1EAF

monochromatic

#44470C #767B15 #A8AF1E #D3DB2F #DEE463

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A8AF1E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#A8AF1E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AF1E

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AF1E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AF1E	1.00	2.38	8.82	8.82
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA600

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA92D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A495

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8af1e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 175, 30);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.154 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c66a',
    500: '#a8af1e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8af1e;
$custom-light: #c6c66a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8af1e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 30
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.897,
    "s": 70.732,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72469,
    "c": 0.15364,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39079
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AF1E

secondary

#6560C9

accent

#3AED43

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AF1E

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

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