#A8A540#A8A540

#A8A540 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.123 H 107.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A540
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 64)
HSL	hsl(58, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(58, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 61.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.22, -11.96, 51.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.22, 52.56, 103.16°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0369 0.1168)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.123 107.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.5300, 35.6062, 10.1140)
Luminance	0.3560 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A540 #4043A8

analogous

#A87140 #A8A540 #77A840

triadic

#A8A540 #40A8A5 #A540A8

tetradic

#A8A540 #40A871 #4043A8 #A84077

square

#A8A540 #40A871 #4043A8 #A84077

split-complementary

#A8A540 #4077A8 #7140A8

monochromatic

#4F4E1E #7C792F #A8A540 #C3C062 #D4D28E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A8A540 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#A8A540 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A540

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A540	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A540	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)

#B29F34

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a540;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.123 107.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bf79',
    500: '#a8a540',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a540;
$custom-light: #c4bf79;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a540",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.269,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70465,
    "c": 0.12253,
    "h": 107.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35605
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A540

secondary

#8586BF

accent

#57D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A540

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

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