#A8A333#A8A333

#A8A333 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.130 H 106.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A333
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 51)
HSL	hsl(57, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 69.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.56, -11.71, 55.93)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.56, 57.14, 101.83°)
OKLab	oklab(69.91% -0.0377 0.1248)
OKLCH	oklch(69.91% 0.13 106.8)
XYZ	xyz(29.8443, 34.7593, 8.2685)
Luminance	0.3476 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A333 #3338A8

analogous

#A86833 #A8A333 #72A833

triadic

#A8A333 #33A8A3 #A333A8

tetradic

#A8A333 #33A868 #3338A8 #A83372

square

#A8A333 #33A868 #3338A8 #A83372

split-complementary

#A8A333 #3372A8 #6833A8

monochromatic

#4A4816 #797525 #A8A333 #C9C44F #D8D47E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A8A333 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#A8A333 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A333

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A333	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A333	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D22

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a333;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.130 106.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5be72',
    500: '#a8a333',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a333;
$custom-light: #c5be72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a333",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.436,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69909,
    "c": 0.13034,
    "h": 106.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34758
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A333

secondary

#7679C1

accent

#51DD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A333

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

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