#A8A23E#A8A23E

#A8A23E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.121 H 105.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A23E
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 62)
HSL	hsl(57, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 63.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.37, -10.52, 51.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.37, 52.22, 101.63°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.0331 0.1165)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.121 105.9)
XYZ	xyz(29.9393, 34.5143, 9.6413)
Luminance	0.3451 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A23E #3E44A8

analogous

#A86D3E #A8A23E #79A83E

triadic

#A8A23E #3EA8A2 #A23EA8

tetradic

#A8A23E #3EA86D #3E44A8 #A83E79

square

#A8A23E #3EA86D #3E44A8 #A83E79

split-complementary

#A8A23E #3E79A8 #6D3EA8

monochromatic

#4F4C1D #7B772E #A8A23E #C4BE5F #D5D08C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A8A23E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#A8A23E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A23E

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A23E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A23E	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)

#AF9C32

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A144

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a23e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.121 105.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bd78',
    500: '#a8a23e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a23e;
$custom-light: #c5bd78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a23e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.604,
    "s": 46.087,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69783,
    "c": 0.12108,
    "h": 105.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34513
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A23E

secondary

#8386BF

accent

#5AD652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A23E

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

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