#A8A538#A8A538

#A8A538 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.355; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.129 H 107.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.10:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A538
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 56)
HSL	hsl(58, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(58, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.15, -12.47, 54.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.15, 55.93, 102.89°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0393 0.1227)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.129 107.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.3185, 35.5216, 8.9999)
Luminance	0.3552 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A538 #383BA8

analogous

#A86D38 #A8A538 #73A838

triadic

#A8A538 #38A8A5 #A538A8

tetradic

#A8A538 #38A86D #383BA8 #A83873

square

#A8A538 #38A86D #383BA8 #A83873

split-complementary

#A8A538 #3873A8 #6D38A8

monochromatic

#4C4B19 #7A7829 #A8A538 #C7C456 #D6D484

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A8A538 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.10

#A8A538 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A538

8.10:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A538	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A538	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)

#B29F29

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A33F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49A8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a538;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.129 107.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf75',
    500: '#a8a538',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a538;
$custom-light: #c5bf75;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a538",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.393,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70392,
    "c": 0.1288,
    "h": 107.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35521
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A538

secondary

#7C7EC0

accent

#52DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A538

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

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