#A8A131#A8A131

#A8A131 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.130 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A131
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 49)
HSL	hsl(56, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(56, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 70.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(64.99, -10.77, 56.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(64.99, 57.17, 100.86°)
OKLab	oklab(69.45% -0.0352 0.1249)
OKLCH	oklch(69.45% 0.13 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.4489, 34.0374, 7.9238)
Luminance	0.3404 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A131 #3138A8

analogous

#A86631 #A8A131 #73A831

triadic

#A8A131 #31A8A1 #A131A8

tetradic

#A8A131 #31A866 #3138A8 #A83173

square

#A8A131 #31A866 #3138A8 #A83173

split-complementary

#A8A131 #3173A8 #6631A8

monochromatic

#494615 #797423 #A8A131 #CBC34C #D8D37B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A8A131 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#A8A131 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A131

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A131	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A131	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A039

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a131;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.130 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bc70',
    500: '#a8a131',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a131;
$custom-light: #c5bc70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a131",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69451,
    "c": 0.12974,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34036
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A131

secondary

#7478C1

accent

#52DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A131

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

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