#A8A63E#A8A63E

#A8A63E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.359; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.125 H 108.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A63E
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 63.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.48, -12.62, 52.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.48, 53.83, 103.56°)
OKLab	oklab(70.67% -0.039 0.119)
OKLCH	oklch(70.67% 0.125 108.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.6552, 35.9460, 9.8800)
Luminance	0.3594 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A63E #3E40A8

analogous

#A8713E #A8A63E #75A83E

triadic

#A8A63E #3EA8A6 #A63EA8

tetradic

#A8A63E #3EA871 #3E40A8 #A83E75

square

#A8A63E #3EA871 #3E40A8 #A83E75

split-complementary

#A8A63E #3E75A8 #713EA8

monochromatic

#4F4E1D #7B7A2E #A8A63E #C4C25F #D5D38C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A8A63E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#A8A63E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A63E

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A63E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A63E	1.00	2.56	8.19	8.19
#FFFFFF	2.56	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)

#B3A031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A344

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a63e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.125 108.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c078',
    500: '#a8a63e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a63e;
$custom-light: #c5c078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a63e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.868,
    "s": 46.087,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70667,
    "c": 0.12522,
    "h": 108.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.35945
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A63E

secondary

#8384BF

accent

#55D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A63E

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

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