#A8A436#A8A436

#A8A436 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.129 H 107.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A436
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 67.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, -12.07, 55.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 56.34, 102.37°)
OKLab	oklab(70.15% -0.0383 0.1234)
OKLCH	oklch(70.15% 0.129 107.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.0909, 35.1431, 8.6875)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A436 #363AA8

analogous

#A86B36 #A8A436 #73A836

triadic

#A8A436 #36A8A4 #A436A8

tetradic

#A8A436 #36A86B #363AA8 #A83673

square

#A8A436 #36A86B #363AA8 #A83673

split-complementary

#A8A436 #3673A8 #6B36A8

monochromatic

#4B4A18 #7A7727 #A8A436 #C8C453 #D7D482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A8A436 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#A8A436 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A436

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A436	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A436	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)

#B29E26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a436;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.129 107.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5be73',
    500: '#a8a436',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a436;
$custom-light: #c5be73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a436",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.895,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70154,
    "c": 0.12923,
    "h": 107.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35142
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A436

secondary

#7A7CC0

accent

#52DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A436

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

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