#A8A534#A8A534

#A8A534 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.132 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A534
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 52)
HSL	hsl(58, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 69%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 69%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.12, -12.70, 56.10)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.12, 57.52, 102.76°)
OKLab	oklab(70.36% -0.0403 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(70.36% 0.132 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2245, 35.4840, 8.5051)
Luminance	0.3548 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A534 #3437A8

analogous

#A86B34 #A8A534 #71A834

triadic

#A8A534 #34A8A5 #A534A8

tetradic

#A8A534 #34A86B #3437A8 #A83471

square

#A8A534 #34A86B #3437A8 #A83471

split-complementary

#A8A534 #3471A8 #6B34A8

monochromatic

#4B4917 #797726 #A8A534 #C9C650 #D7D57F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A8A534 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#A8A534 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A534

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A534	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A534	1.00	2.59	8.10	8.10
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.10	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39E23

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49A8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a534;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 52);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.132 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf72',
    500: '#a8a534',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a534;
$custom-light: #c5bf72;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a534",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 52
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.448,
    "s": 52.727,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7036,
    "c": 0.13165,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35483
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A534

secondary

#7779C0

accent

#4FDC4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A534

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

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