#A8A536#A8A536

#A8A536 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.130 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A536
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 54)
HSL	hsl(58, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 67.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.14, -12.59, 55.32)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.14, 56.73, 102.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.38% -0.0398 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(70.38% 0.13 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.2705, 35.5024, 8.7474)
Luminance	0.3550 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A536 #3639A8

analogous

#A86C36 #A8A536 #72A836

triadic

#A8A536 #36A8A5 #A536A8

tetradic

#A8A536 #36A86C #3639A8 #A83672

square

#A8A536 #36A86C #3639A8 #A83672

split-complementary

#A8A536 #3672A8 #6C36A8

monochromatic

#4B4A18 #7A7827 #A8A536 #C8C553 #D7D482

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A8A536 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#A8A536 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A536

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A536	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A536	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)

#B39F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a536;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.130 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf74',
    500: '#a8a536',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a536;
$custom-light: #c5bf74;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a536",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.421,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70375,
    "c": 0.13025,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A536

secondary

#7A7BC0

accent

#51DB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F6ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A536

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

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