#A8A23C#A8A23C

#A8A23C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.123 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A23C
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 60)
HSL	hsl(57, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 64.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -10.66, 52.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 53.08, 101.58°)
OKLab	oklab(69.76% -0.0337 0.118)
OKLCH	oklch(69.76% 0.123 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.8855, 34.4928, 9.3576)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A23C #3C42A8

analogous

#A86C3C #A8A23C #78A83C

triadic

#A8A23C #3CA8A2 #A23CA8

tetradic

#A8A23C #3CA86C #3C42A8 #A83C78

square

#A8A23C #3CA86C #3C42A8 #A83C78

split-complementary

#A8A23C #3C78A8 #6C3CA8

monochromatic

#4E4B1C #7B772C #A8A23C #C5BF5C #D5D189

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A8A23C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#A8A23C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A23C

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A23C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A23C	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C2F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A142

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a23c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.123 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bd77',
    500: '#a8a23c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a23c;
$custom-light: #c5bd77;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a23c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.667,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69764,
    "c": 0.12269,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A23C

secondary

#8084BF

accent

#58D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A23C

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

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