#A8A535#A8A535

#A8A535 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.131 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A535
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 53)
HSL	hsl(58, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 68.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.13, -12.65, 55.71)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.13, 57.13, 102.79°)
OKLab	oklab(70.37% -0.0401 0.1247)
OKLCH	oklch(70.37% 0.131 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2473, 35.4931, 8.6250)
Luminance	0.3549 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A535 #3538A8

analogous

#A86B35 #A8A535 #71A835

triadic

#A8A535 #35A8A5 #A535A8

tetradic

#A8A535 #35A86B #3538A8 #A83571

square

#A8A535 #35A86B #3538A8 #A83571

split-complementary

#A8A535 #3571A8 #6B35A8

monochromatic

#4B4A18 #797726 #A8A535 #C8C552 #D7D580

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A8A535 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#A8A535 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A535

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A535	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A535	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)

#B39E24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a535;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.131 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf73',
    500: '#a8a535',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a535;
$custom-light: #c5bf73;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a535",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.435,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70367,
    "c": 0.13095,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35492
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A535

secondary

#787AC0

accent

#50DB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A535

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

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