#A8A527#A8A527

#A8A527 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.140 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A527
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 39)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 77%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 76.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -13.32, 60.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 62.14, 102.38°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0433 0.1327)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.14 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9710, 35.3826, 7.1698)
Luminance	0.3538 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A527 #272AA8

analogous

#A86527 #A8A527 #6AA827

triadic

#A8A527 #27A8A5 #A527A8

tetradic

#A8A527 #27A865 #272AA8 #A8276A

square

#A8A527 #27A865 #272AA8 #A8276A

split-complementary

#A8A527 #276AA8 #6527A8

monochromatic

#454310 #76741B #A8A527 #D1CE3B #DDDA6C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A8A527 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#A8A527 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A527

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A527	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A527	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E06

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A231

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49A8D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a527;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 39);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.140 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6bf6c',
    500: '#a8a527',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a527;
$custom-light: #c6bf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a527",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 39
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.605,
    "s": 62.319,
    "l": 40.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70272,
    "c": 0.13956,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35382
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A527

secondary

#6769C3

accent

#46E542

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A527

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

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