#A8AF2A#A8AF2A

#A8AF2A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.148 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AF2A
RGB	rgb(168, 175, 42)
HSL	hsl(63, 61%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(63, 76%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 76%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.86, -18.32, 62.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.86, 64.95, 106.38°)
OKLab	oklab(72.53% -0.057 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(72.53% 0.148 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.8974, 39.1527, 8.0670)
Luminance	0.3915 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AF2A #312AAF

analogous

#AF742A #A8AF2A #65AF2A

triadic

#A8AF2A #2AA8AF #AF2AA8

tetradic

#A8AF2A #2AAF74 #312AAF #AF2A65

square

#A8AF2A #2AAF74 #312AAF #AF2A65

split-complementary

#A8AF2A #2A65AF #742AAF

monochromatic

#494C12 #797E1E #A8AF2A #CBD244 #D8DE75

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A8AF2A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#A8AF2A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AF2A

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AF2A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AF2A	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)

#BDA707

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA935

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8af2a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 175, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.148 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c66f',
    500: '#a8af2a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8af2a;
$custom-light: #c5c66f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8af2a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.158,
    "s": 61.29,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72529,
    "c": 0.14807,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39152
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AF2A

secondary

#746FC6

accent

#43E44C

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AF2A

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

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