#A8A033#A8A033

#A8A033 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.2% C 0.127 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.74:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A033
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 51)
HSL	hsl(56, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 69.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.73, -10.14, 55.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.73, 56.02, 100.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.25% -0.0332 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(69.25% 0.127 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.3180, 33.7066, 8.0930)
Luminance	0.3371 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A033 #333BA8

analogous

#A86533 #A8A033 #76A833

triadic

#A8A033 #33A8A0 #A033A8

tetradic

#A8A033 #33A865 #333BA8 #A83376

square

#A8A033 #33A865 #333BA8 #A83376

split-complementary

#A8A033 #3376A8 #6533A8

monochromatic

#4A4716 #797325 #A8A033 #C9C14F #D8D27E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A8A033 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.74

#A8A033 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A033

7.74:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A033	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A033	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)

#AE9A22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a033;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.2% 0.127 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bb71',
    500: '#a8a033',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a033;
$custom-light: #c5bb71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a033",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.897,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69246,
    "c": 0.12743,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.33705
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A033

secondary

#767BC1

accent

#55DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A033

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

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