#A8A636#A8A636

#A8A636 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.131 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.17:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A636
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 67.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -13.11, 55.60)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 57.13, 103.27°)
OKLab	oklab(70.6% -0.0413 0.1246)
OKLCH	oklch(70.6% 0.131 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4516, 35.8645, 8.8078)
Luminance	0.3586 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A636 #3638A8

analogous

#A86D36 #A8A636 #71A836

triadic

#A8A636 #36A8A6 #A636A8

tetradic

#A8A636 #36A86D #3638A8 #A83671

square

#A8A636 #36A86D #3638A8 #A83671

split-complementary

#A8A636 #3671A8 #6D36A8

monochromatic

#4B4A18 #7A7827 #A8A636 #C8C653 #D7D582

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A8A636 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#A8A636 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A636

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A636	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A636	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)

#B39F26

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49B8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a636;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.131 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c074',
    500: '#a8a636',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a636;
$custom-light: #c5c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a636",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.947,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70597,
    "c": 0.13126,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35864
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A636

secondary

#7A7BC0

accent

#4FDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A636

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

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