#A8A037#A8A037

#A8A037 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	#A8A037
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 67.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.76, -9.91, 53.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.76, 54.41, 100.49°)
OKLab	oklab(69.28% -0.0321 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(69.28% 0.125 105)
XYZ	xyz(29.4100, 33.7434, 8.5776)
Luminance	0.3374 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A037 #373FA8

analogous

#A86737 #A8A037 #77A837

triadic

#A8A037 #37A8A0 #A037A8

tetradic

#A8A037 #37A867 #373FA8 #A83777

square

#A8A037 #37A867 #373FA8 #A83777

split-complementary

#A8A037 #3777A8 #6737A8

monochromatic

#4C4819 #7A7428 #A8A037 #C7BF55 #D6D083

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A8A037 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#A8A037 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A037

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A037	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A037	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)

#AE9A29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a037;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.125 105.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bb74',
    500: '#a8a037',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a037;
$custom-light: #c5bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a037",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.752,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69279,
    "c": 0.12456,
    "h": 105
  },
  "luminance": 0.33742
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A037

secondary

#7B80C0

accent

#58DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131108

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A037

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

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