#A8A52E#A8A52E

#A8A52E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.136 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A52E
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 46)
HSL	hsl(59, 57%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 73%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 72.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.08, -13.01, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.08, 59.76, 102.57°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0418 0.129)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.136 108)
XYZ	xyz(30.0979, 35.4333, 7.8381)
Luminance	0.3543 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A52E #2E31A8

analogous

#A8682E #A8A52E #6EA82E

triadic

#A8A52E #2EA8A5 #A52EA8

tetradic

#A8A52E #2EA868 #2E31A8 #A82E6E

square

#A8A52E #2EA868 #2E31A8 #A82E6E

split-complementary

#A8A52E #2E6EA8 #682EA8

monochromatic

#484714 #787621 #A8A52E #CDC947 #DAD777

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A8A52E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#A8A52E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A52E

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A52E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A52E	1.00	2.60	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.09	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E18

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A337

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a52e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 46);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.136 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf6f',
    500: '#a8a52e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a52e;
$custom-light: #c5bf6f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a52e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 46
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.525,
    "s": 57.009,
    "l": 41.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70316,
    "c": 0.13556,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.35432
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A52E

secondary

#7072C2

accent

#4BE048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A52E

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

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