#A8A61F#A8A61F

#A8A61F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.144 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A61F
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 31)
HSL	hsl(59, 69%, 39%)
HSV	hsv(59, 82%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 81.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.29, -14.13, 63.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.29, 64.85, 102.59°)
OKLab	oklab(70.45% -0.0462 0.1367)
OKLCH	oklch(70.45% 0.144 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.0332, 35.6972, 6.6043)
Luminance	0.3570 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A61F #1F21A8

analogous

#A8621F #A8A61F #66A81F

triadic

#A8A61F #1FA8A6 #A61FA8

tetradic

#A8A61F #1FA862 #1F21A8 #A81F66

square

#A8A61F #1FA862 #1F21A8 #A81F66

split-complementary

#A8A61F #1F66A8 #621FA8

monochromatic

#41400C #747315 #A8A61F #D8D62C #E2E060

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A8A61F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#A8A61F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A61F

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A61F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A61F	1.00	2.58	8.14	8.14
#FFFFFF	2.58	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.14	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A32C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a61f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 31);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.144 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c069',
    500: '#a8a61f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a61f;
$custom-light: #c6c069;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a61f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 31
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.124,
    "s": 68.844,
    "l": 39.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70454,
    "c": 0.14435,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.35696
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A61F

secondary

#5D5EC6

accent

#3FEC3C

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EB

border

#D2D0C6

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A61F

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

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