#A8A533#A8A533

#A8A533 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.132 H 107.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.09:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A533
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 51)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 69.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, -12.76, 56.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 57.90, 102.73°)
OKLab	oklab(70.35% -0.0406 0.1259)
OKLCH	oklch(70.35% 0.132 107.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.2022, 35.4751, 8.3878)
Luminance	0.3547 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A533 #3336A8

analogous

#A86B33 #A8A533 #70A833

triadic

#A8A533 #33A8A5 #A533A8

tetradic

#A8A533 #33A86B #3336A8 #A83370

square

#A8A533 #33A86B #3336A8 #A83370

split-complementary

#A8A533 #3370A8 #6B33A8

monochromatic

#4A4916 #797725 #A8A533 #C9C64F #D8D57E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A8A533 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.09

#A8A533 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A533

8.09:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A533	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A533	1.00	2.59	8.09	8.09
#FFFFFF	2.59	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)

#B39E21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a533;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.132 107.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf72',
    500: '#a8a533',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a533;
$custom-light: #c5bf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a533",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.462,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70352,
    "c": 0.13233,
    "h": 107.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.35474
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A533

secondary

#7678C1

accent

#4FDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A533

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

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