#A8A23F#A8A23F

#A8A23F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.120 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A23F
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 63)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 62.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.38, -10.46, 50.72)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.38, 51.78, 101.65°)
OKLab	oklab(69.79% -0.0328 0.1157)
OKLCH	oklch(69.79% 0.12 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9670, 34.5254, 9.7872)
Luminance	0.3452 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A23F #3F45A8

analogous

#A86D3F #A8A23F #7AA83F

triadic

#A8A23F #3FA8A2 #A23FA8

tetradic

#A8A23F #3FA86D #3F45A8 #A83F7A

square

#A8A23F #3FA86D #3F45A8 #A83F7A

split-complementary

#A8A23F #3F7AA8 #6D3FA8

monochromatic

#4F4C1E #7B772E #A8A23F #C4BE61 #D4D08D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A8A23F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#A8A23F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A23F

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A23F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A23F	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)

#AF9C33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A145

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a23f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.120 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bd79',
    500: '#a8a23f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a23f;
$custom-light: #c5bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a23f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.571,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69793,
    "c": 0.12026,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A23F

secondary

#8487BF

accent

#5AD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A23F

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

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