#A8A236#A8A236

#A8A236 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.127 H 106.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A236
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 67.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.30, -11.02, 54.47)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.30, 55.58, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.71% -0.0354 0.1222)
OKLCH	oklch(69.71% 0.127 106.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.7357, 34.4329, 8.5692)
Luminance	0.3443 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A236 #363CA8

analogous

#A86936 #A8A236 #75A836

triadic

#A8A236 #36A8A2 #A236A8

tetradic

#A8A236 #36A869 #363CA8 #A83675

square

#A8A236 #36A869 #363CA8 #A83675

split-complementary

#A8A236 #3675A8 #6936A8

monochromatic

#4B4918 #7A7527 #A8A236 #C8C253 #D7D282

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A8A236 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#A8A236 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A236

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A236	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A236	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09C27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a236;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.127 106.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bd73',
    500: '#a8a236',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a236;
$custom-light: #c5bd73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a236",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.842,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69711,
    "c": 0.12724,
    "h": 106.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A236

secondary

#7A7DC0

accent

#54DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A236

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

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