#A8A435#A8A435

#A8A435 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.130 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A435
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 53)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 68.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.85, -12.13, 55.43)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.85, 56.74, 102.34°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0386 0.1241)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.13 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0676, 35.1338, 8.5651)
Luminance	0.3513 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A435 #3539A8

analogous

#A86A35 #A8A435 #72A835

triadic

#A8A435 #35A8A4 #A435A8

tetradic

#A8A435 #35A86A #3539A8 #A83572

square

#A8A435 #35A86A #3539A8 #A83572

split-complementary

#A8A435 #3572A8 #6A35A8

monochromatic

#4B4918 #797726 #A8A435 #C8C452 #D7D480

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A8A435 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#A8A435 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A435

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A435	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A435	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29E25

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a435;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.130 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5be73',
    500: '#a8a435',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a435;
$custom-light: #c5be73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a435",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.913,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70146,
    "c": 0.12994,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35133
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A435

secondary

#787BC0

accent

#51DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A435

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

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