#A8A43A#A8A43A

#A8A43A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.126 H 107.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A43A
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 58)
HSL	hsl(58, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 65.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -11.83, 53.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 54.71, 102.49°)
OKLab	oklab(70.19% -0.0372 0.1207)
OKLCH	oklch(70.19% 0.126 107.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.1887, 35.1822, 9.2028)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A43A #3A3EA8

analogous

#A86D3A #A8A43A #75A83A

triadic

#A8A43A #3AA8A4 #A43AA8

tetradic

#A8A43A #3AA86D #3A3EA8 #A83A75

square

#A8A43A #3AA86D #3A3EA8 #A83A75

split-complementary

#A8A43A #3A75A8 #6D3AA8

monochromatic

#4D4B1B #7B782A #A8A43A #C6C259 #D6D387

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A8A43A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#A8A43A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A43A

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A43A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A43A	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E2C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A241

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a43a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.126 107.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5be76',
    500: '#a8a43a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a43a;
$custom-light: #c5be76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a43a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.818,
    "s": 48.673,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70188,
    "c": 0.12628,
    "h": 107.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35181
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A43A

secondary

#7E81C0

accent

#55D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A43A

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

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