#A8A633#A8A633

#A8A633 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.358; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.133 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A633
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 51)
HSL	hsl(59, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 69.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.40, -13.28, 56.76)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.40, 58.29, 103.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.57% -0.0421 0.1265)
OKLCH	oklch(70.57% 0.133 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.3833, 35.8372, 8.4481)
Luminance	0.3584 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A633 #3335A8

analogous

#A86B33 #A8A633 #70A833

triadic

#A8A633 #33A8A6 #A633A8

tetradic

#A8A633 #33A86B #3335A8 #A83370

square

#A8A633 #33A86B #3335A8 #A83370

split-complementary

#A8A633 #3370A8 #6B33A8

monochromatic

#4A4916 #797825 #A8A633 #C9C74F #D8D67E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A8A633 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#A8A633 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A633

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A633	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A633	1.00	2.57	8.17	8.17
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.17	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B49F21

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a633;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.133 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c072',
    500: '#a8a633',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a633;
$custom-light: #c5c072;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a633",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.974,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70574,
    "c": 0.13334,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35836
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A633

secondary

#7677C1

accent

#4DDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A633

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

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