#A8A335#A8A335

#A8A335 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.129 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A335
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 53)
HSL	hsl(57, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 68.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -11.60, 55.15)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 56.36, 101.88°)
OKLab	oklab(69.92% -0.0371 0.1235)
OKLCH	oklch(69.92% 0.129 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.8894, 34.7773, 8.5057)
Luminance	0.3478 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A335 #353AA8

analogous

#A86935 #A8A335 #73A835

triadic

#A8A335 #35A8A3 #A335A8

tetradic

#A8A335 #35A869 #353AA8 #A83573

square

#A8A335 #35A869 #353AA8 #A83573

split-complementary

#A8A335 #3573A8 #6935A8

monochromatic

#4B4918 #797626 #A8A335 #C8C352 #D7D380

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A8A335 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#A8A335 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A335

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A335	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A335	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19D25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a335;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.129 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5be73',
    500: '#a8a335',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a335;
$custom-light: #c5be73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a335",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.391,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69924,
    "c": 0.12895,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34776
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A335

secondary

#787CC0

accent

#53DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A335

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

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