#A8A342#A8A342

#A8A342 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.119 H 106.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A342
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 66)
HSL	hsl(57, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(57, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 60.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.68, -10.77, 49.70)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.68, 50.86, 102.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.04% -0.0334 0.114)
OKLCH	oklch(70.04% 0.119 106.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.2300, 34.9135, 10.2998)
Luminance	0.3491 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A342 #4247A8

analogous

#A87042 #A8A342 #7AA842

triadic

#A8A342 #42A8A3 #A342A8

tetradic

#A8A342 #42A870 #4247A8 #A8427A

square

#A8A342 #42A870 #4247A8 #A8427A

split-complementary

#A8A342 #427AA8 #7042A8

monochromatic

#504E1F #7C7831 #A8A342 #C2BE65 #D4D091

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A8A342 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#A8A342 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A342

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A342	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A342	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)

#B09D37

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A147

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a342;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 66);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.119 106.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4be7a',
    500: '#a8a342',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a342;
$custom-light: #c4be7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a342",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 66
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.059,
    "s": 43.59,
    "l": 45.882
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70043,
    "c": 0.11876,
    "h": 106.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34913
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A342

secondary

#878ABF

accent

#5BD354

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A342

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

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