#A8A523#A8A523

#A8A523 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.142 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A523
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -13.48, 61.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 63.37, 102.28°)
OKLab	oklab(70.25% -0.0441 0.1345)
OKLCH	oklch(70.25% 0.142 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(29.9082, 35.3575, 6.8390)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A523 #2326A8

analogous

#A86323 #A8A523 #68A823

triadic

#A8A523 #23A8A5 #A523A8

tetradic

#A8A523 #23A863 #2326A8 #A82368

square

#A8A523 #23A863 #2326A8 #A82368

split-complementary

#A8A523 #2368A8 #6323A8

monochromatic

#43420E #757318 #A8A523 #D5D134 #DFDC66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A8A523 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#A8A523 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A523

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A523	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A523	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)

#B5A22E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a523;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.142 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf6a',
    500: '#a8a523',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a523;
$custom-light: #c6bf6a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a523",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.647,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7025,
    "c": 0.14158,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35356
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A523

secondary

#6264C5

accent

#43E83F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A523

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

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