#A8A137#A8A137

#A8A137 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.126 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A137
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 55)
HSL	hsl(56, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 67.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, -10.44, 53.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 54.79, 100.98°)
OKLab	oklab(69.5% -0.0336 0.1209)
OKLCH	oklch(69.5% 0.126 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.5840, 34.0915, 8.6356)
Luminance	0.3409 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A137 #373EA8

analogous

#A86837 #A8A137 #76A837

triadic

#A8A137 #37A8A1 #A137A8

tetradic

#A8A137 #37A868 #373EA8 #A83776

square

#A8A137 #37A868 #373EA8 #A83776

split-complementary

#A8A137 #3776A8 #6837A8

monochromatic

#4C4919 #7A7528 #A8A137 #C7C055 #D6D183

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A8A137 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#A8A137 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A137

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A137	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A137	1.00	2.69	7.82	7.82
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.82	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9B28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4968B

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a137;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.126 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bc74',
    500: '#a8a137',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a137;
$custom-light: #c5bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a137",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.283,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69499,
    "c": 0.12553,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A137

secondary

#7B7FC0

accent

#56DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A137

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

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