#A8A43F#A8A43F

#A8A43F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.122 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A43F
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 63)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 62.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.93, -11.51, 51.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.93, 52.59, 102.64°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0358 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.122 107)
XYZ	xyz(30.3221, 35.2356, 9.9056)
Luminance	0.3523 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A43F #3F43A8

analogous

#A86F3F #A8A43F #78A83F

triadic

#A8A43F #3FA8A4 #A43FA8

tetradic

#A8A43F #3FA86F #3F43A8 #A83F78

square

#A8A43F #3FA86F #3F43A8 #A83F78

split-complementary

#A8A43F #3F78A8 #6F3FA8

monochromatic

#4F4D1E #7B792E #A8A43F #C4C061 #D4D28D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A8A43F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#A8A43F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A43F

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A43F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A43F	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B19E33

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A245

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a43f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.122 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5be79',
    500: '#a8a43f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a43f;
$custom-light: #c5be79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a43f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.714,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70234,
    "c": 0.12232,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.35235
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A43F

secondary

#8486BF

accent

#58D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A43F

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

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