#A8A240#A8A240

#A8A240 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.119 H 105.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.91:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A240
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 61.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.39, -10.39, 50.28)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.39, 51.34, 101.67°)
OKLab	oklab(69.8% -0.0325 0.1149)
OKLCH	oklch(69.8% 0.119 105.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.9952, 34.5367, 9.9357)
Luminance	0.3454 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A240 #4046A8

analogous

#A86E40 #A8A240 #7AA840

triadic

#A8A240 #40A8A2 #A240A8

tetradic

#A8A240 #40A86E #4046A8 #A8407A

square

#A8A240 #40A86E #4046A8 #A8407A

split-complementary

#A8A240 #407AA8 #6E40A8

monochromatic

#4F4D1E #7C772F #A8A240 #C3BE62 #D4D08E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A8A240 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.91

#A8A240 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A240

7.91:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A240	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A240	1.00	2.66	7.91	7.91
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.91	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9C35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a240;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.119 105.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bd79',
    500: '#a8a240',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a240;
$custom-light: #c4bd79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a240",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.538,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69802,
    "c": 0.11942,
    "h": 105.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34536
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A240

secondary

#8588BF

accent

#5BD553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A240

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

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