#A8A52C#A8A52C

#A8A52C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.137 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A52C
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 44)
HSL	hsl(59, 58%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 74%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 73.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.07, -13.10, 59.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.07, 60.47, 102.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0423 0.1301)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.137 108)
XYZ	xyz(30.0594, 35.4179, 7.6353)
Luminance	0.3542 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A52C #2C2FA8

analogous

#A8672C #A8A52C #6DA82C

triadic

#A8A52C #2CA8A5 #A52CA8

tetradic

#A8A52C #2CA867 #2C2FA8 #A82C6D

square

#A8A52C #2CA867 #2C2FA8 #A82C6D

split-complementary

#A8A52C #2C6DA8 #672CA8

monochromatic

#474613 #78751F #A8A52C #CECB43 #DBD874

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A8A52C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#A8A52C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A52C

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A52C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A52C	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)

#B39E14

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A335

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a52c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 44);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.137 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf6e',
    500: '#a8a52c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a52c;
$custom-light: #c5bf6e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a52c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 44
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.548,
    "s": 58.491,
    "l": 41.569
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70303,
    "c": 0.13677,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.35417
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A52C

secondary

#6E70C2

accent

#4AE246

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F8F6EC

border

#D1D0C7

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A52C

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

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