All About Color #A8A300

#A8A300

About #A8A300

#A8A300 is a dark yellow color with the hex code #A8A300. In RGB it is red 168, green 163, blue 0; in HSL it is hue 58°, saturation 100%, lightness 33%; in CMYK it is 0%, 3%, 100%, 34%. Its contrast ratio is 2.66:1 on white and 7.90:1 on black.

#A8A300 Color Conversion

Hex tripletA8, A3, 00
CMYK0.00%, 2.98%, 100.00%, 34.12%
RGB Decimal168, 163, 0
HSL58°, 100%, 33%
RGB Octal250, 243, 0
HSV (HSB)58.21°, 100.00%, 65.88%
RGB Binary10101000, 10100011, 0
CIE-L*AB65.37, -13.19, 68.10
RGB Percent65.88%, 63.92%, 0.00%
CIE-L*CH65.37, 69.37, 100.96
XYZ29.25, 34.52, 5.12
CIE-L*UV65.37, 8.65, 71.46
xyY0.42, 0.50, 34.52
Hunter-Lab58.75, -13.97, 35.96
RYB2.02%, 65.88%, 0.00%

Color Accessibility Scores

#A8A300 on a dark background: contrast 7.90:1, passes WCAG AAA.
#A8A300 on a light background: contrast 2.66:1, fails WCAG AA.

Color Shades

Tints and shades of #A8A300, from lightest to darkest. Each swatch links to its own color page.

Related Palettes

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Complementary palette

#A8A300 · #FFF705 · #4D4A00 · #0006A8 · #050DFF

Analogous palette

#A80006 · #A84F00 · #A8A300 · #5AA800 · #06A800

Triadic palette

#A8A300 · #00A8A3 · #A300A8 · #FFF705 · #05FFF7

Tetradic palette

#A8A300 · #00A84F · #0006A8 · #A8005A · #4D4A00

Monochromatic palette

#1A1900 · #5C5900 · #A8A300 · #F5ED00 · #FFF942

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