#A8A237#A8A237

#A8A237 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.127 H 106.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A237
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 67.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -10.96, 54.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 55.17, 101.46°)
OKLab	oklab(69.72% -0.0351 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(69.72% 0.127 106.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.7595, 34.4424, 8.6941)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A237 #373DA8

analogous

#A86937 #A8A237 #75A837

triadic

#A8A237 #37A8A2 #A237A8

tetradic

#A8A237 #37A869 #373DA8 #A83775

square

#A8A237 #37A869 #373DA8 #A83775

split-complementary

#A8A237 #3775A8 #6937A8

monochromatic

#4C4919 #7A7628 #A8A237 #C7C155 #D6D283

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A8A237 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#A8A237 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A237

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A237	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A237	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)

#B09C28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4978C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a237;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.127 106.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bd74',
    500: '#a8a237',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a237;
$custom-light: #c5bd74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a237",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.814,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6972,
    "c": 0.12652,
    "h": 106.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34441
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A237

secondary

#7B7EC0

accent

#55DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A237

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

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