#A8A340#A8A340

#A8A340 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.120 H 106.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A340
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 64)
HSL	hsl(57, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(57, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 61.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, -10.91, 50.58)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 51.74, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.02% -0.034 0.1156)
OKLCH	oklch(70.02% 0.12 106.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.1721, 34.8904, 9.9947)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A340 #4045A8

analogous

#A86F40 #A8A340 #79A840

triadic

#A8A340 #40A8A3 #A340A8

tetradic

#A8A340 #40A86F #4045A8 #A84079

square

#A8A340 #40A86F #4045A8 #A84079

split-complementary

#A8A340 #4079A8 #6F40A8

monochromatic

#4F4D1E #7C782F #A8A340 #C3BF62 #D4D18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A8A340 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#A8A340 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A340

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A340	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A340	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09D34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A146

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a340;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.120 106.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4be79',
    500: '#a8a340',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a340;
$custom-light: #c4be79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a340",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.115,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70023,
    "c": 0.12045,
    "h": 106.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34889
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A340

secondary

#8587BF

accent

#59D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A340

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

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