#A8A63A#A8A63A

#A8A63A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.6% C 0.128 H 108.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.18:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A63A
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 65.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.45, -12.87, 54.00)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.45, 55.51, 103.41°)
OKLab	oklab(70.63% -0.0402 0.1219)
OKLCH	oklch(70.63% 0.128 108.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.5494, 35.9037, 9.3230)
Luminance	0.3590 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A63A #3A3CA8

analogous

#A86F3A #A8A63A #73A83A

triadic

#A8A63A #3AA8A6 #A63AA8

tetradic

#A8A63A #3AA86F #3A3CA8 #A83A73

square

#A8A63A #3AA86F #3A3CA8 #A83A73

split-complementary

#A8A63A #3A73A8 #6F3AA8

monochromatic

#4D4C1B #7B792A #A8A63A #C6C459 #D6D487

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A8A63A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.18

#A8A63A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A63A

8.18:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A63A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A63A	1.00	2.57	8.18	8.18
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.18	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B39F2B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A341

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a63a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.6% 0.128 108.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c076',
    500: '#a8a63a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a63a;
$custom-light: #c5c076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a63a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.909,
    "s": 48.673,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70631,
    "c": 0.12834,
    "h": 108.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35903
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A63A

secondary

#7E7FC0

accent

#52D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A63A

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

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