#A8A528#A8A528

#A8A528 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.139 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A528
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 40)
HSL	hsl(59, 62%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 76%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 76.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.05, -13.28, 60.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.05, 61.82, 102.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.28% -0.0431 0.1322)
OKLCH	oklch(70.28% 0.139 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(29.9878, 35.3893, 7.2583)
Luminance	0.3539 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A528 #282BA8

analogous

#A86528 #A8A528 #6BA828

triadic

#A8A528 #28A8A5 #A528A8

tetradic

#A8A528 #28A865 #282BA8 #A8286B

square

#A8A528 #28A865 #282BA8 #A8286B

split-complementary

#A8A528 #286BA8 #6528A8

monochromatic

#454410 #77741C #A8A528 #D1CD3D #DCDA6E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A8A528 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#A8A528 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A528

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A528	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A528	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)

#B39E09

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A232

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a528;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 40);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.139 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf6c',
    500: '#a8a528',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a528;
$custom-light: #c5bf6c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a528",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 40
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.594,
    "s": 61.538,
    "l": 40.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70278,
    "c": 0.13903,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35388
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A528

secondary

#696BC3

accent

#47E543

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F6EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A528

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

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