#A8A431#A8A431

#A8A431 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.133 H 107.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A431
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 70.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, -12.34, 56.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 58.28, 102.22°)
OKLab	oklab(70.12% -0.0396 0.1266)
OKLCH	oklch(70.12% 0.133 107.4)
XYZ	xyz(29.9794, 35.0985, 8.1006)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A431 #3135A8

analogous

#A86831 #A8A431 #71A831

triadic

#A8A431 #31A8A4 #A431A8

tetradic

#A8A431 #31A868 #3135A8 #A83171

square

#A8A431 #31A868 #3135A8 #A83171

split-complementary

#A8A431 #3171A8 #6831A8

monochromatic

#494715 #797623 #A8A431 #CBC64C #D8D57B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A8A431 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A8A431 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A431

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A431	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A431	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A239

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4998D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a431;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.133 107.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5be71',
    500: '#a8a431',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a431;
$custom-light: #c5be71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a431",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.983,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70115,
    "c": 0.13266,
    "h": 107.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35098
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A431

secondary

#7476C1

accent

#4FDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A431

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

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