#A8A023#A8A023

#A8A023 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.336; OKLCH L 69.1% C 0.137 H 105.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.72:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A023
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 35)
HSL	hsl(56, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(56, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.63, -10.86, 60.68)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.63, 61.65, 100.15°)
OKLab	oklab(69.14% -0.0368 0.1319)
OKLCH	oklch(69.14% 0.137 105.6)
XYZ	xyz(29.0239, 33.5889, 6.5443)
Luminance	0.3359 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A023 #232BA8

analogous

#A85E23 #A8A023 #6EA823

triadic

#A8A023 #23A8A0 #A023A8

tetradic

#A8A023 #23A85E #232BA8 #A8236E

square

#A8A023 #23A85E #232BA8 #A8236E

split-complementary

#A8A023 #236EA8 #5E23A8

monochromatic

#43400E #757018 #A8A023 #D5CB34 #DFD866

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.72

#A8A023 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.72

#A8A023 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A023

7.72:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A023	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A023	1.00	2.72	7.72	7.72
#FFFFFF	2.72	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.72	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9A00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B29F2D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59589

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a023;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.1% 0.137 105.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bb6a',
    500: '#a8a023',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a023;
$custom-light: #c6bb6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a023",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.391,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69141,
    "c": 0.13692,
    "h": 105.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.33588
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A023

secondary

#6268C5

accent

#4AE83F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131107

muted

#82807A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A023

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

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