#A8A531#A8A531

#A8A531 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; 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	#A8A531
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 49)
HSL	hsl(58, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 70.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.10, -12.86, 57.23)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.10, 58.66, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0411 0.1272)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.134 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.1591, 35.4578, 8.1605)
Luminance	0.3546 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A531 #3134A8

analogous

#A86931 #A8A531 #70A831

triadic

#A8A531 #31A8A5 #A531A8

tetradic

#A8A531 #31A869 #3134A8 #A83170

square

#A8A531 #31A869 #3134A8 #A83170

split-complementary

#A8A531 #3170A8 #6931A8

monochromatic

#494815 #797623 #A8A531 #CBC74C #D8D67B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A8A531 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#A8A531 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A531

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A531	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A531	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)

#B39E1E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A339

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a531;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.134 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf71',
    500: '#a8a531',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a531;
$custom-light: #c5bf71;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a531",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.487,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70337,
    "c": 0.13366,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35457
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A531

secondary

#7476C1

accent

#4DDE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A531

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

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