#A8A541#A8A541

#A8A541 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.356; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.122 H 107.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.12:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A541
RGB	rgb(168, 165, 65)
HSL	hsl(58, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(58, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.8%, 61.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.23, -11.89, 50.74)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.23, 52.12, 103.19°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0366 0.1161)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.122 107.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.5587, 35.6177, 10.2652)
Luminance	0.3562 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A541 #4144A8

analogous

#A87141 #A8A541 #78A841

triadic

#A8A541 #41A8A5 #A541A8

tetradic

#A8A541 #41A871 #4144A8 #A84178

square

#A8A541 #41A871 #4144A8 #A84178

split-complementary

#A8A541 #4178A8 #7141A8

monochromatic

#504E1F #7C7A30 #A8A541 #C3C063 #D4D290

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.59

#A8A541 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.12

#A8A541 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A541

8.12:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A541	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A541	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)

#B29F35

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a541;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 165, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.122 107.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bf7a',
    500: '#a8a541',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a541;
$custom-light: #c4bf7a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a541",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 165,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.252,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70475,
    "c": 0.1217,
    "h": 107.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35617
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A541

secondary

#8687BF

accent

#58D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A541

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

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