#A8A52A#A8A52A

#A8A52A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.138 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A52A
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 42)
HSL	hsl(59, 60%, 41%)
HSV	hsv(59, 75%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 75%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -13.19, 59.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 61.15, 102.46°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0427 0.1311)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.138 108)
XYZ	xyz(30.0227, 35.4033, 7.4421)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A52A #2A2DA8

analogous

#A8662A #A8A52A #6CA82A

triadic

#A8A52A #2AA8A5 #A52AA8

tetradic

#A8A52A #2AA866 #2A2DA8 #A82A6C

square

#A8A52A #2AA866 #2A2DA8 #A82A6C

split-complementary

#A8A52A #2A6CA8 #662AA8

monochromatic

#464512 #77751E #A8A52A #CFCC40 #DBD971

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A8A52A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#A8A52A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A52A

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A52A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A52A	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)

#B39E0F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A334

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a52a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 42);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.138 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf6d',
    500: '#a8a52a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a52a;
$custom-light: #c5bf6d;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a52a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 42
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.571,
    "s": 60,
    "l": 41.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7029,
    "c": 0.13792,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.35402
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A52A

secondary

#6B6DC3

accent

#48E345

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A52A

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

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