#A8A036#A8A036

#A8A036 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.337; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.125 H 105.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A036
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 54)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 67.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.75, -9.97, 53.91)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.75, 54.82, 100.48°)
OKLab	oklab(69.27% -0.0324 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(69.27% 0.125 105)
XYZ	xyz(29.3862, 33.7339, 8.4527)
Luminance	0.3373 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A036 #363EA8

analogous

#A86736 #A8A036 #77A836

triadic

#A8A036 #36A8A0 #A036A8

tetradic

#A8A036 #36A867 #363EA8 #A83677

square

#A8A036 #36A867 #363EA8 #A83677

split-complementary

#A8A036 #3677A8 #6736A8

monochromatic

#4B4818 #7A7427 #A8A036 #C8C053 #D7D182

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A8A036 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#A8A036 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A036

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A036	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A036	1.00	2.71	7.75	7.75
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.75	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9A27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4958A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a036;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.125 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bb73',
    500: '#a8a036',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a036;
$custom-light: #c5bb73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a036",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.789,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6927,
    "c": 0.1253,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.33733
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A036

secondary

#7A7FC0

accent

#57DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A036

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

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