#A8A232#A8A232

#A8A232 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.130 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A232
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 50)
HSL	hsl(57, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 70.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -11.24, 56.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 57.15, 101.34°)
OKLab	oklab(69.68% -0.0365 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(69.68% 0.13 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(29.6456, 34.3968, 8.0946)
Luminance	0.3440 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A232 #3238A8

analogous

#A86732 #A8A232 #73A832

triadic

#A8A232 #32A8A2 #A232A8

tetradic

#A8A232 #32A867 #3238A8 #A83273

square

#A8A232 #32A867 #3238A8 #A83273

split-complementary

#A8A232 #3273A8 #6732A8

monochromatic

#4A4716 #797524 #A8A232 #CAC44D #D8D37C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A8A232 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#A8A232 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A232

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A232	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A232	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)

#B09C20

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a232;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 50);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.130 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bd71',
    500: '#a8a232',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a232;
$custom-light: #c5bd71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a232",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 50
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.949,
    "s": 54.128,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6968,
    "c": 0.13004,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34396
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A232

secondary

#7579C1

accent

#52DD4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A232

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

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