#A8A337#A8A337

#A8A337 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	#A8A337
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 55)
HSL	hsl(57, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 67.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.59, -11.49, 54.35)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.59, 55.56, 101.93°)
OKLab	oklab(69.94% -0.0366 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(69.94% 0.128 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9363, 34.7961, 8.7531)
Luminance	0.3479 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A337 #373CA8

analogous

#A86A37 #A8A337 #74A837

triadic

#A8A337 #37A8A3 #A337A8

tetradic

#A8A337 #37A86A #373CA8 #A83774

square

#A8A337 #37A86A #373CA8 #A83774

split-complementary

#A8A337 #3774A8 #6A37A8

monochromatic

#4C4A19 #7A7628 #A8A337 #C7C255 #D6D383

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A8A337 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#A8A337 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A337

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A337	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A337	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)

#B19D28

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a337;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.128 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5be74',
    500: '#a8a337',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a337;
$custom-light: #c5be74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a337",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.345,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69941,
    "c": 0.12751,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34795
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A337

secondary

#7B7EC0

accent

#54DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A337

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

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