#A8A423#A8A423

#A8A423 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.141 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A423
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 35)
HSL	hsl(58, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(58, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.75, -12.96, 61.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.75, 63.02, 101.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.03% -0.0427 0.134)
OKLCH	oklch(70.03% 0.141 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(29.7285, 34.9981, 6.7791)
Luminance	0.3500 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A423 #2327A8

analogous

#A86123 #A8A423 #6AA823

triadic

#A8A423 #23A8A4 #A423A8

tetradic

#A8A423 #23A861 #2327A8 #A8236A

square

#A8A423 #23A861 #2327A8 #A8236A

split-complementary

#A8A423 #236AA8 #6123A8

monochromatic

#43410E #757318 #A8A423 #D5D034 #DFDC66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A8A423 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A8A423 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A423

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A423	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A423	1.00	2.63	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29D00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B5998C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a423;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.141 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6be6a',
    500: '#a8a423',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a423;
$custom-light: #c6be6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a423",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.195,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70028,
    "c": 0.14063,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34997
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A423

secondary

#6265C5

accent

#44E83F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A423

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

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