#A8A231#A8A231

#A8A231 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.131 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A231
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 49)
HSL	hsl(57, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 70.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, -11.29, 56.41)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 57.53, 101.32°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.0367 0.1255)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.131 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6243, 34.3883, 7.9823)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A231 #3137A8

analogous

#A86731 #A8A231 #72A831

triadic

#A8A231 #31A8A2 #A231A8

tetradic

#A8A231 #31A867 #3137A8 #A83172

square

#A8A231 #31A867 #3137A8 #A83172

split-complementary

#A8A231 #3172A8 #6731A8

monochromatic

#494715 #797423 #A8A231 #CBC44C #D8D47B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A8A231 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#A8A231 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A231

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A231	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A231	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C1F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A139

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a231;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.131 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bd71',
    500: '#a8a231',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a231;
$custom-light: #c5bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a231",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.975,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69672,
    "c": 0.13071,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34387
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A231

secondary

#7478C1

accent

#51DE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A231

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

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