#A8A635#A8A635

#A8A635 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.132 H 108.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A635
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 53)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 68.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.41, -13.17, 55.99)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.41, 57.52, 103.23°)
OKLab	oklab(70.59% -0.0415 0.1253)
OKLCH	oklch(70.59% 0.132 108.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.4283, 35.8553, 8.6854)
Luminance	0.3585 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A635 #3537A8

analogous

#A86D35 #A8A635 #70A835

triadic

#A8A635 #35A8A6 #A635A8

tetradic

#A8A635 #35A86D #3537A8 #A83570

square

#A8A635 #35A86D #3537A8 #A83570

split-complementary

#A8A635 #3570A8 #6D35A8

monochromatic

#4B4A18 #797826 #A8A635 #C8C652 #D7D680

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A8A635 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#A8A635 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A635

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A635	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A635	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)

#B49F24

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a635;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.132 108.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c073',
    500: '#a8a635',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a635;
$custom-light: #c5c073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a635",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.957,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70589,
    "c": 0.13196,
    "h": 108.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A635

secondary

#787AC0

accent

#4FDB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A635

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

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