#A8A438#A8A438

#A8A438 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.128 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A438
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.87, -11.95, 54.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.87, 55.54, 102.43°)
OKLab	oklab(70.17% -0.0378 0.1221)
OKLCH	oklch(70.17% 0.128 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1388, 35.1623, 8.9400)
Luminance	0.3516 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A438 #383CA8

analogous

#A86C38 #A8A438 #74A838

triadic

#A8A438 #38A8A4 #A438A8

tetradic

#A8A438 #38A86C #383CA8 #A83874

square

#A8A438 #38A86C #383CA8 #A83874

split-complementary

#A8A438 #3874A8 #6C38A8

monochromatic

#4C4A19 #7A7729 #A8A438 #C7C356 #D6D384

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A8A438 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#A8A438 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A438

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A438	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A438	1.00	2.61	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.61	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)

#B19E29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A23F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B4998E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a438;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.128 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5be75',
    500: '#a8a438',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a438;
$custom-light: #c5be75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a438",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.857,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7017,
    "c": 0.12778,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35161
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A438

secondary

#7C7EC0

accent

#53DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A438

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

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