#A8A336#A8A336

#A8A336 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.128 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A336
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 54)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 67.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.58, -11.55, 54.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.58, 55.96, 101.91°)
OKLab	oklab(69.93% -0.0369 0.1228)
OKLCH	oklch(69.93% 0.128 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9126, 34.7866, 8.6281)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A336 #363BA8

analogous

#A86A36 #A8A336 #74A836

triadic

#A8A336 #36A8A3 #A336A8

tetradic

#A8A336 #36A86A #363BA8 #A83674

square

#A8A336 #36A86A #363BA8 #A83674

split-complementary

#A8A336 #3674A8 #6A36A8

monochromatic

#4B4918 #7A7627 #A8A336 #C8C353 #D7D382

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A8A336 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#A8A336 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A336

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A336	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A336	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)

#B19D26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a336;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.128 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5be73',
    500: '#a8a336',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a336;
$custom-light: #c5be73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a336",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.368,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69932,
    "c": 0.12824,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34786
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A336

secondary

#7A7DC0

accent

#53DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A336

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

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