#A8A53B#A8A53B

#A8A53B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.127 H 107.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A53B
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 59)
HSL	hsl(58, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 64.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.18, -12.29, 53.30)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.18, 54.69, 102.99°)
OKLab	oklab(70.42% -0.0384 0.1206)
OKLCH	oklch(70.42% 0.127 107.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.3940, 35.5518, 9.3980)
Luminance	0.3555 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A53B #3B3EA8

analogous

#A86F3B #A8A53B #74A83B

triadic

#A8A53B #3BA8A5 #A53BA8

tetradic

#A8A53B #3BA86F #3B3EA8 #A83B74

square

#A8A53B #3BA86F #3B3EA8 #A83B74

split-complementary

#A8A53B #3B74A8 #6F3BA8

monochromatic

#4D4C1B #7B792B #A8A53B #C5C25B #D5D388

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A8A53B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#A8A53B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A53B

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A53B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A53B	1.00	2.59	8.11	8.11
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.11	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F2D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A342

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a53b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.127 107.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf76',
    500: '#a8a53b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a53b;
$custom-light: #c5bf76;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a53b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.349,
    "s": 48.018,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70418,
    "c": 0.12653,
    "h": 107.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35551
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A53B

secondary

#7F81C0

accent

#54D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A53B

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

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