#A8A53E#A8A53E

#A8A53E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.124 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A53E
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 62)
HSL	hsl(58, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 63.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.20, -12.10, 52.04)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.20, 53.42, 103.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.0376 0.1184)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.124 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.4741, 35.5838, 9.8196)
Luminance	0.3558 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A53E #3E41A8

analogous

#A8703E #A8A53E #76A83E

triadic

#A8A53E #3EA8A5 #A53EA8

tetradic

#A8A53E #3EA870 #3E41A8 #A83E76

square

#A8A53E #3EA870 #3E41A8 #A83E76

split-complementary

#A8A53E #3E76A8 #703EA8

monochromatic

#4F4D1D #7B792E #A8A53E #C4C15F #D5D28C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A8A53E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#A8A53E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A53E

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A53E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A53E	1.00	2.59	8.12	8.12
#FFFFFF	2.59	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.12	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B29F31

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a53e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.124 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5bf78',
    500: '#a8a53e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a53e;
$custom-light: #c5bf78;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a53e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.302,
    "s": 46.087,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70446,
    "c": 0.12417,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35583
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A53E

secondary

#8384BF

accent

#56D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A53E

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

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