#A8AF27#A8AF27

#A8AF27 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.150 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AF27
RGB	rgb(168, 175, 39)
HSL	hsl(63, 64%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(63, 78%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 77.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -18.44, 63.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 65.88, 106.26°)
OKLab	oklab(72.51% -0.0576 0.1381)
OKLCH	oklch(72.51% 0.15 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8457, 39.1320, 7.7947)
Luminance	0.3913 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AF27 #2E27AF

analogous

#AF7227 #A8AF27 #64AF27

triadic

#A8AF27 #27A8AF #AF27A8

tetradic

#A8AF27 #27AF72 #2E27AF #AF2764

square

#A8AF27 #27AF72 #2E27AF #AF2764

split-complementary

#A8AF27 #2764AF #7227AF

monochromatic

#484B11 #787D1C #A8AF27 #CDD43F #DADF71

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A8AF27 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#A8AF27 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AF27

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AF27	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AF27	1.00	2.38	8.83	8.83
#FFFFFF	2.38	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.83	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BDA700

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA933

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8af27;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 175, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.150 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c66d',
    500: '#a8af27',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8af27;
$custom-light: #c6c66d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8af27",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.088,
    "s": 63.551,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72512,
    "c": 0.14963,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39131
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AF27

secondary

#706BC6

accent

#41E74A

background

#FCFCF6

surface

#F9F8EC

border

#D2D1C7

text

#131308

muted

#82827A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AF27

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

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