#A8AF2C#A8AF2C

#A8AF2C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.5% C 0.147 H 112.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.83:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AF2C
RGB	rgb(168, 175, 44)
HSL	hsl(63, 60%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(63, 75%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 74.9%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.87, -18.23, 61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.87, 64.31, 106.47°)
OKLab	oklab(72.54% -0.0566 0.1357)
OKLCH	oklch(72.54% 0.147 112.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.9341, 39.1674, 8.2602)
Luminance	0.3917 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AF2C #332CAF

analogous

#AF742C #A8AF2C #66AF2C

triadic

#A8AF2C #2CA8AF #AF2CA8

tetradic

#A8AF2C #2CAF74 #332CAF #AF2C66

square

#A8AF2C #2CAF74 #332CAF #AF2C66

split-complementary

#A8AF2C #2C66AF #742CAF

monochromatic

#4A4D13 #797E20 #A8AF2C #C9D147 #D8DD78

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.38

#A8AF2C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.83

#A8AF2C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AF2C

8.83:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AF2C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AF2C	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)

#BCA70E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BDA937

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4A496

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8af2c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 175, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.5% 0.147 112.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c670',
    500: '#a8af2c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8af2c;
$custom-light: #c5c670;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8af2c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.206,
    "s": 59.817,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72541,
    "c": 0.14698,
    "h": 112.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.39167
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AF2C

secondary

#7672C5

accent

#45E34D

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131308

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AF2C

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

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