#A8A637#A8A637

#A8A637 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	#A8A637
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 67.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.42, -13.05, 55.21)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.42, 56.73, 103.30°)
OKLab	oklab(70.61% -0.041 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(70.61% 0.131 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.4753, 35.8740, 8.9327)
Luminance	0.3587 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A637 #3739A8

analogous

#A86D37 #A8A637 #71A837

triadic

#A8A637 #37A8A6 #A637A8

tetradic

#A8A637 #37A86D #3739A8 #A83771

square

#A8A637 #37A86D #3739A8 #A83771

split-complementary

#A8A637 #3771A8 #6D37A8

monochromatic

#4C4B19 #7A7828 #A8A637 #C7C555 #D6D583

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A8A637 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.17

#A8A637 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A637

8.17:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A637	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A637	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)

#B39F27

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A33E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49B90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a637;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.131 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c074',
    500: '#a8a637',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a637;
$custom-light: #c5c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a637",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.938,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70606,
    "c": 0.13055,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35873
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A637

secondary

#7B7CC0

accent

#50DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A637

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

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