#A8A233#A8A233

#A8A233 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.129 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A233
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 69.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.28, -11.19, 55.65)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.28, 56.77, 101.37°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.0362 0.1242)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.129 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6675, 34.4056, 8.2095)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A233 #3339A8

analogous

#A86733 #A8A233 #73A833

triadic

#A8A233 #33A8A2 #A233A8

tetradic

#A8A233 #33A867 #3339A8 #A83373

square

#A8A233 #33A867 #3339A8 #A83373

split-complementary

#A8A233 #3373A8 #6733A8

monochromatic

#4A4716 #797525 #A8A233 #C9C34F #D8D37E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A8A233 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#A8A233 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A233

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A233	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A233	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	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)

#B09C22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a233;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.129 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bd72',
    500: '#a8a233',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a233;
$custom-light: #c5bd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a233",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.923,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69687,
    "c": 0.12936,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34405
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A233

secondary

#767AC1

accent

#52DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A233

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

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