#A8A53D#A8A53D

#A8A53D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.125 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.11:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A53D
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 61)
HSL	hsl(58, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 63.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.19, -12.16, 52.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.19, 53.85, 103.05°)
OKLab	oklab(70.44% -0.0379 0.1191)
OKLCH	oklch(70.44% 0.125 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4469, 35.5730, 9.6764)
Luminance	0.3557 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A53D #3D40A8

analogous

#A8703D #A8A53D #75A83D

triadic

#A8A53D #3DA8A5 #A53DA8

tetradic

#A8A53D #3DA870 #3D40A8 #A83D75

square

#A8A53D #3DA870 #3D40A8 #A83D75

split-complementary

#A8A53D #3D75A8 #703DA8

monochromatic

#4E4D1C #7B792D #A8A53D #C4C25E #D5D38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A8A53D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.11

#A8A53D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A53D

8.11:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A53D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A53D	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)

#B29F30

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a53d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.125 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf78',
    500: '#a8a53d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a53d;
$custom-light: #c5bf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a53d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.318,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70436,
    "c": 0.12497,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35572
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A53D

secondary

#8183BF

accent

#55D651

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A53D

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

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