#A8A031#A8A031

#A8A031 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.129 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A031
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 70.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.72, -10.24, 55.87)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.72, 56.80, 100.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.23% -0.0337 0.1243)
OKLCH	oklch(69.23% 0.129 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.2748, 33.6893, 7.8658)
Luminance	0.3369 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A031 #3139A8

analogous

#A86431 #A8A031 #75A831

triadic

#A8A031 #31A8A0 #A031A8

tetradic

#A8A031 #31A864 #3139A8 #A83175

square

#A8A031 #31A864 #3139A8 #A83175

split-complementary

#A8A031 #3175A8 #6431A8

monochromatic

#494615 #797323 #A8A031 #CBC24C #D8D27B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A8A031 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#A8A031 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A031

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A031	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A031	1.00	2.71	7.74	7.74
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.74	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F38

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a031;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.129 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bb70',
    500: '#a8a031',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a031;
$custom-light: #c5bb70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a031",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.966,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69231,
    "c": 0.12879,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.33688
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A031

secondary

#7479C1

accent

#54DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A031

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

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