#A8A524#A8A524

#A8A524 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.141 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A524
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 36)
HSL	hsl(59, 65%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 78.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.03, -13.44, 61.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.03, 63.07, 102.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0439 0.1341)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.141 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9232, 35.3635, 6.9183)
Luminance	0.3536 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A524 #2427A8

analogous

#A86324 #A8A524 #69A824

triadic

#A8A524 #24A8A5 #A524A8

tetradic

#A8A524 #24A863 #2427A8 #A82469

square

#A8A524 #24A863 #2427A8 #A82469

split-complementary

#A8A524 #2469A8 #6324A8

monochromatic

#43420E #767319 #A8A524 #D4D035 #DFDC68

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A8A524 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#A8A524 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A524

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A524	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A524	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)

#B5A22F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a524;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 36);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.141 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf6b',
    500: '#a8a524',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a524;
$custom-light: #c6bf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a524",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 36
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.636,
    "s": 64.706,
    "l": 40
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70256,
    "c": 0.14109,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35362
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A524

secondary

#6366C4

accent

#44E840

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A524

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

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