#A8A51F#A8A51F

#A8A51F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.143 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A51F
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 31)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 81.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.01, -13.61, 63.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.01, 64.51, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0448 0.1362)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.143 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.8521, 35.3350, 6.5439)
Luminance	0.3533 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A51F #1F22A8

analogous

#A8611F #A8A51F #67A81F

triadic

#A8A51F #1FA8A5 #A51FA8

tetradic

#A8A51F #1FA861 #1F22A8 #A81F67

square

#A8A51F #1FA861 #1F22A8 #A81F67

split-complementary

#A8A51F #1F67A8 #611FA8

monochromatic

#41400C #747215 #A8A51F #D8D42C #E2DF60

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A8A51F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#A8A51F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A51F

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A51F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A51F	1.00	2.60	8.07	8.07
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A22C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a51f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.143 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf69',
    500: '#a8a51f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a51f;
$custom-light: #c6bf69;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a51f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.686,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70231,
    "c": 0.1434,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35334
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A51F

secondary

#5D5FC6

accent

#40EC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A51F

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

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