#A8A43D#A8A43D

#A8A43D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.124 H 107.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A43D
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 61)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 63.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, -11.64, 52.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 53.45, 102.58°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0364 0.1185)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.124 107.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2672, 35.2136, 9.6165)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A43D #3D41A8

analogous

#A86F3D #A8A43D #77A83D

triadic

#A8A43D #3DA8A4 #A43DA8

tetradic

#A8A43D #3DA86F #3D41A8 #A83D77

square

#A8A43D #3DA86F #3D41A8 #A83D77

split-complementary

#A8A43D #3D77A8 #6F3DA8

monochromatic

#4E4C1C #7B782D #A8A43D #C4C15E #D5D28B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A8A43D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#A8A43D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A43D

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A43D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A43D	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)

#B19E30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A243

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a43d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.124 107.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5be78',
    500: '#a8a43d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a43d;
$custom-light: #c5be78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a43d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.757,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70215,
    "c": 0.12393,
    "h": 107.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35213
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A43D

secondary

#8184BF

accent

#56D651

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A43D

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

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