#A8A440#A8A440

#A8A440 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.121 H 107.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A440
RGB	rgb(168, 164, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 2.4%, 61.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -11.44, 50.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 52.15, 102.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.0355 0.1162)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.121 107)
XYZ	xyz(30.3503, 35.2469, 10.0541)
Luminance	0.3525 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A440 #4044A8

analogous

#A87040 #A8A440 #78A840

triadic

#A8A440 #40A8A4 #A440A8

tetradic

#A8A440 #40A870 #4044A8 #A84078

square

#A8A440 #40A870 #4044A8 #A84078

split-complementary

#A8A440 #4078A8 #7040A8

monochromatic

#4F4D1E #7C792F #A8A440 #C3BF62 #D4D18E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A8A440 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#A8A440 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A440

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A440	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A440	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)

#B19E34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B3A246

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a440;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 164, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.121 107.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4be79',
    500: '#a8a440',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a440;
$custom-light: #c4be79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a440",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 164,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 57.692,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70244,
    "c": 0.12148,
    "h": 107
  },
  "luminance": 0.35246
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A440

secondary

#8587BF

accent

#58D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A440

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

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