#A8A338#A8A338

#A8A338 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.127 H 106.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A338
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 56)
HSL	hsl(57, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(57, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.60, -11.43, 53.95)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.60, 55.15, 101.96°)
OKLab	oklab(69.95% -0.0363 0.1215)
OKLCH	oklch(69.95% 0.127 106.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.9605, 34.8057, 8.8806)
Luminance	0.3481 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A338 #383DA8

analogous

#A86B38 #A8A338 #75A838

triadic

#A8A338 #38A8A3 #A338A8

tetradic

#A8A338 #38A86B #383DA8 #A83875

square

#A8A338 #38A86B #383DA8 #A83875

split-complementary

#A8A338 #3875A8 #6B38A8

monochromatic

#4C4A19 #7A7629 #A8A338 #C7C256 #D6D284

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A8A338 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#A8A338 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A338

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A338	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A338	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)

#B19D29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A13F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4988D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a338;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.127 106.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5be75',
    500: '#a8a338',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a338;
$custom-light: #c5be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a338",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.321,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69949,
    "c": 0.12677,
    "h": 106.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34805
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A338

secondary

#7C7FC0

accent

#55DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A338

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

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