#A8AF21#A8AF21

#A8AF21 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.152 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AF21
RGB	rgb(168, 175, 33)
HSL	hsl(63, 68%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(63, 81%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 81.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.82, -18.66, 64.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.82, 67.58, 106.03°)
OKLab	oklab(72.48% -0.0586 0.1407)
OKLCH	oklch(72.48% 0.152 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.7540, 39.0953, 7.3120)
Luminance	0.3910 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AF21 #2821AF

analogous

#AF6F21 #A8AF21 #61AF21

triadic

#A8AF21 #21A8AF #AF21A8

tetradic

#A8AF21 #21AF6F #2821AF #AF2161

square

#A8AF21 #21AF6F #2821AF #AF2161

split-complementary

#A8AF21 #2161AF #6F21AF

monochromatic

#45480E #777C17 #A8AF21 #D1D934 #DCE368

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A8AF21 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.82

#A8AF21 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AF21

8.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AF21	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AF21	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)

#BDA92F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8af21;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 175, 33);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.152 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c66b',
    500: '#a8af21',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8af21;
$custom-light: #c6c66b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8af21",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 33
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 62.958,
    "s": 68.269,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72482,
    "c": 0.15241,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39095
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AF21

secondary

#6964C8

accent

#3DEB45

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131307

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AF21

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

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