#A8A138#A8A138

#A8A138 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.341; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.125 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.82:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A138
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 56)
HSL	hsl(56, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(56, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.04, -10.38, 53.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.04, 54.38, 101.00°)
OKLab	oklab(69.51% -0.0334 0.1203)
OKLCH	oklch(69.51% 0.125 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(29.6082, 34.1011, 8.7632)
Luminance	0.3410 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A138 #383FA8

analogous

#A86938 #A8A138 #77A838

triadic

#A8A138 #38A8A1 #A138A8

tetradic

#A8A138 #38A869 #383FA8 #A83877

square

#A8A138 #38A869 #383FA8 #A83877

split-complementary

#A8A138 #3877A8 #6938A8

monochromatic

#4C4919 #7A7529 #A8A138 #C7C056 #D6D184

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A8A138 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.82

#A8A138 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A138

7.82:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A138	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A138	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)

#AF9B2A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A03F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4968C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a138;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.125 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bc74',
    500: '#a8a138',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a138;
$custom-light: #c5bc74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a138",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.25,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69508,
    "c": 0.12479,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.341
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A138

secondary

#7C80C0

accent

#57DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A138

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

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