#A8A530#A8A530

#A8A530 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.134 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A530
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 48)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 71.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -12.91, 57.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 59.03, 102.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.0413 0.1278)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.134 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1382, 35.4495, 8.0506)
Luminance	0.3545 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A530 #3033A8

analogous

#A86930 #A8A530 #6FA830

triadic

#A8A530 #30A8A5 #A530A8

tetradic

#A8A530 #30A869 #3033A8 #A8306F

square

#A8A530 #30A869 #3033A8 #A8306F

split-complementary

#A8A530 #306FA8 #6930A8

monochromatic

#494815 #787622 #A8A530 #CBC84A #D9D67A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A8A530 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#A8A530 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A530

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A530	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A530	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)

#B39E1C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a530;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.134 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf70',
    500: '#a8a530',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a530;
$custom-light: #c5bf70;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a530",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.5,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7033,
    "c": 0.1343,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35448
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A530

secondary

#7375C1

accent

#4DDF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A530

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

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