#A8A52F#A8A52F

#A8A52F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.135 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A52F
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 47)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 72%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.09, -12.96, 57.97)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.09, 59.40, 102.60°)
OKLab	oklab(70.32% -0.0416 0.1284)
OKLCH	oklch(70.32% 0.135 108)
XYZ	xyz(30.1178, 35.4413, 7.9431)
Luminance	0.3544 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A52F #2F32A8

analogous

#A8682F #A8A52F #6FA82F

triadic

#A8A52F #2FA8A5 #A52FA8

tetradic

#A8A52F #2FA868 #2F32A8 #A82F6F

square

#A8A52F #2FA868 #2F32A8 #A82F6F

split-complementary

#A8A52F #2F6FA8 #682FA8

monochromatic

#484714 #787622 #A8A52F #CCC948 #D9D778

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A8A52F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#A8A52F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A52F

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A52F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A52F	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)

#B39E1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a52f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.135 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf70',
    500: '#a8a52f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a52f;
$custom-light: #c5bf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a52f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.512,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70323,
    "c": 0.13494,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.3544
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A52F

secondary

#7173C1

accent

#4CE048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A52F

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

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