#A8A62F#A8A62F

#A8A62F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.136 H 108.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A62F
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 47)
HSL	hsl(59, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(59, 72%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 72%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.37, -13.48, 58.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.37, 59.78, 103.03°)
OKLab	oklab(70.55% -0.043 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(70.55% 0.136 108.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.2989, 35.8035, 8.0035)
Luminance	0.3580 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A62F #2F31A8

analogous

#A8692F #A8A62F #6EA82F

triadic

#A8A62F #2FA8A6 #A62FA8

tetradic

#A8A62F #2FA869 #2F31A8 #A82F6E

square

#A8A62F #2FA869 #2F31A8 #A82F6E

split-complementary

#A8A62F #2F6EA8 #692FA8

monochromatic

#484714 #787722 #A8A62F #CCCA48 #D9D878

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A8A62F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.16

#A8A62F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A62F

8.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A62F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A62F	1.00	2.57	8.16	8.16
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F1A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A338

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a62f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 47);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.136 108.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c070',
    500: '#a8a62f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a62f;
$custom-light: #c5c070;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a62f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 47
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.008,
    "s": 56.279,
    "l": 42.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70545,
    "c": 0.13593,
    "h": 108.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35803
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A62F

secondary

#7173C1

accent

#4BE048

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A62F

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

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