#A8A43E#A8A43E

#A8A43E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.123 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A43E
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 63.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.92, -11.57, 51.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.92, 53.02, 102.61°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.0361 0.1177)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.123 107)
XYZ	xyz(30.2944, 35.2245, 9.7597)
Luminance	0.3522 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A43E #3E42A8

analogous

#A86F3E #A8A43E #77A83E

triadic

#A8A43E #3EA8A4 #A43EA8

tetradic

#A8A43E #3EA86F #3E42A8 #A83E77

square

#A8A43E #3EA86F #3E42A8 #A83E77

split-complementary

#A8A43E #3E77A8 #6F3EA8

monochromatic

#4F4D1D #7B782E #A8A43E #C4C05F #D5D28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A8A43E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#A8A43E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A43E

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A43E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A43E	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)

#B19E31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A244

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a43e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.123 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5be78',
    500: '#a8a43e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a43e;
$custom-light: #c5be78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a43e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.736,
    "s": 46.087,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70224,
    "c": 0.12313,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.35224
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A43E

secondary

#8385BF

accent

#57D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A43E

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

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