#A8A038#A8A038

#A8A038 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.124 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.75:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A038
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.77, -9.85, 53.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.77, 54.00, 100.51°)
OKLab	oklab(69.29% -0.0319 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(69.29% 0.124 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.4342, 33.7530, 8.7051)
Luminance	0.3375 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A038 #3840A8

analogous

#A86838 #A8A038 #78A838

triadic

#A8A038 #38A8A0 #A038A8

tetradic

#A8A038 #38A868 #3840A8 #A83878

square

#A8A038 #38A868 #3840A8 #A83878

split-complementary

#A8A038 #3878A8 #6838A8

monochromatic

#4C4919 #7A7429 #A8A038 #C7BF56 #D6D084

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A8A038 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.75

#A8A038 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A038

7.75:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A038	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A038	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)

#AE9A2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B19F3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4958B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a038;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.124 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bb74',
    500: '#a8a038',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a038;
$custom-light: #c5bb74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a038",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69287,
    "c": 0.12381,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.33752
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A038

secondary

#7C81C0

accent

#58DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A038

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

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