#A8AF28#A8AF28

#A8AF28 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.391; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.149 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AF28
RGB	rgb(168, 175, 40)
HSL	hsl(63, 63%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(63, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 77.1%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.85, -18.40, 62.94)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.85, 65.57, 106.30°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0574 0.1376)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.149 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8625, 39.1387, 7.8832)
Luminance	0.3914 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AF28 #2F28AF

analogous

#AF7328 #A8AF28 #65AF28

triadic

#A8AF28 #28A8AF #AF28A8

tetradic

#A8AF28 #28AF73 #2F28AF #AF2865

square

#A8AF28 #28AF73 #2F28AF #AF2865

split-complementary

#A8AF28 #2865AF #7328AF

monochromatic

#484B11 #787D1D #A8AF28 #CCD441 #D9DF73

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A8AF28 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#A8AF28 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AF28

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AF28	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AF28	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)

#BDA701

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA934

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8af28;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 175, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.149 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c66e',
    500: '#a8af28',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8af28;
$custom-light: #c6c66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8af28",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.111,
    "s": 62.791,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72517,
    "c": 0.14912,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39138
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AF28

secondary

#716DC6

accent

#42E64A

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AF28

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

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