#A8A623#A8A623

#A8A623 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.357; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.143 H 108.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.14:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A623
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 35)
HSL	hsl(59, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(59, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.31, -13.99, 62.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.31, 63.73, 102.69°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0455 0.1351)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.143 108.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.0892, 35.7196, 6.8994)
Luminance	0.3572 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A623 #2325A8

analogous

#A86423 #A8A623 #67A823

triadic

#A8A623 #23A8A6 #A623A8

tetradic

#A8A623 #23A864 #2325A8 #A82367

square

#A8A623 #23A864 #2325A8 #A82367

split-complementary

#A8A623 #2367A8 #6423A8

monochromatic

#43420E #757418 #A8A623 #D5D234 #DFDD66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.58

#A8A623 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.14

#A8A623 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A623

8.14:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A623	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A623	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)

#B6A32F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B59B8E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a623;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.143 108.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c06a',
    500: '#a8a623',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a623;
$custom-light: #c6c06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a623",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.098,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70473,
    "c": 0.14254,
    "h": 108.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35719
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A623

secondary

#6264C5

accent

#42E83F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A623

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

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