#A8AF29#A8AF29

#A8AF29 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	#A8AF29
RGB	rgb(168, 175, 41)
HSL	hsl(63, 62%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(63, 77%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 76.6%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -18.36, 62.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 65.26, 106.34°)
OKLab	oklab(72.52% -0.0572 0.1372)
OKLCH	oklch(72.52% 0.149 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8797, 39.1456, 7.9739)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AF29 #3029AF

analogous

#AF7329 #A8AF29 #65AF29

triadic

#A8AF29 #29A8AF #AF29A8

tetradic

#A8AF29 #29AF73 #3029AF #AF2965

square

#A8AF29 #29AF73 #3029AF #AF2965

split-complementary

#A8AF29 #2965AF #7329AF

monochromatic

#494C12 #787D1D #A8AF29 #CBD342 #D9DE74

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A8AF29 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#A8AF29 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AF29

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AF29	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AF29	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)

#BDA704

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8af29;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 175, 41);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.149 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c66e',
    500: '#a8af29',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8af29;
$custom-light: #c5c66e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8af29",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 41
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.134,
    "s": 62.037,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72523,
    "c": 0.1486,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39145
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AF29

secondary

#736EC6

accent

#43E54B

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F9F8ED

border

#D2D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AF29

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

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