#A8A234#A8A234

#A8A234 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	#A8A234
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 52)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 69%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 69%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -11.13, 55.26)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 56.37, 101.39°)
OKLab	oklab(69.69% -0.0359 0.1236)
OKLCH	oklch(69.69% 0.129 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.6897, 34.4145, 8.3269)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A234 #343AA8

analogous

#A86834 #A8A234 #74A834

triadic

#A8A234 #34A8A2 #A234A8

tetradic

#A8A234 #34A868 #343AA8 #A83474

square

#A8A234 #34A868 #343AA8 #A83474

split-complementary

#A8A234 #3474A8 #6834A8

monochromatic

#4B4817 #797526 #A8A234 #C9C350 #D7D37F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A8A234 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#A8A234 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A234

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A234	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A234	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)

#B09C23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a234;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.129 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bd72',
    500: '#a8a234',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a234;
$custom-light: #c5bd72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a234",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.897,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69695,
    "c": 0.12867,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34413
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A234

secondary

#777BC0

accent

#53DC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A234

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

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