#A8A525#A8A525

#A8A525 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	#A8A525
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 37)
HSL	hsl(59, 64%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 78%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 78%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.04, -13.40, 61.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.04, 62.77, 102.33°)
OKLab	oklab(70.26% -0.0437 0.1336)
OKLCH	oklch(70.26% 0.141 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9387, 35.3697, 6.9999)
Luminance	0.3537 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A525 #2528A8

analogous

#A86325 #A8A525 #69A825

triadic

#A8A525 #25A8A5 #A525A8

tetradic

#A8A525 #25A863 #2528A8 #A82569

square

#A8A525 #25A863 #2528A8 #A82569

split-complementary

#A8A525 #2569A8 #6325A8

monochromatic

#44420F #76741A #A8A525 #D3CF37 #DEDB69

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A8A525 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.07

#A8A525 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A525

8.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A525	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A525	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)

#B5A230

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a525;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 37);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.141 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf6b',
    500: '#a8a525',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a525;
$custom-light: #c6bf6b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a525",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 37
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.626,
    "s": 63.902,
    "l": 40.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70261,
    "c": 0.14059,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35369
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A525

secondary

#6567C4

accent

#45E741

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A525

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

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