#A8A03B#A8A03B

#A8A03B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.338; OKLCH L 69.3% C 0.121 H 104.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.76:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A03B
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 59)
HSL	hsl(56, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(56, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 64.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.79, -9.67, 51.84)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.79, 52.73, 100.56°)
OKLab	oklab(69.31% -0.031 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(69.31% 0.122 104.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.5098, 33.7833, 9.1032)
Luminance	0.3378 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A03B #3B43A8

analogous

#A8693B #A8A03B #7AA83B

triadic

#A8A03B #3BA8A0 #A03BA8

tetradic

#A8A03B #3BA869 #3B43A8 #A83B7A

square

#A8A03B #3BA869 #3B43A8 #A83B7A

split-complementary

#A8A03B #3B7AA8 #693BA8

monochromatic

#4D4A1B #7B752B #A8A03B #C5BE5B #D5D088

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.71

#A8A03B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.76

#A8A03B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A03B

7.76:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A03B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A03B	1.00	2.71	7.76	7.76
#FFFFFF	2.71	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.76	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9B2E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B09F41

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9D9D9D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a03b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.3% 0.121 104.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bb76',
    500: '#a8a03b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a03b;
$custom-light: #c5bb76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a03b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.596,
    "s": 48.018,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69314,
    "c": 0.1215,
    "h": 104.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.33782
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A03B

secondary

#7F84C0

accent

#5AD850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131109

muted

#82807B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A03B

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

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