#A8A63D#A8A63D

#A8A63D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.126 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A63D
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 61)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 63.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.47, -12.68, 52.75)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.47, 54.26, 103.52°)
OKLab	oklab(70.66% -0.0393 0.1197)
OKLCH	oklch(70.66% 0.126 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6280, 35.9351, 9.7368)
Luminance	0.3593 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A63D #3D3FA8

analogous

#A8713D #A8A63D #74A83D

triadic

#A8A63D #3DA8A6 #A63DA8

tetradic

#A8A63D #3DA871 #3D3FA8 #A83D74

square

#A8A63D #3DA871 #3D3FA8 #A83D74

split-complementary

#A8A63D #3D74A8 #713DA8

monochromatic

#4E4D1C #7B7A2D #A8A63D #C4C35E #D5D38B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.57

#A8A63D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#A8A63D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A63D

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A63D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A63D	1.00	2.57	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.57	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.19	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A030

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A343

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a63d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.126 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c078',
    500: '#a8a63d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a63d;
$custom-light: #c5c078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a63d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.879,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70658,
    "c": 0.12601,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35934
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A63D

secondary

#8183BF

accent

#54D651

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A63D

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

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