#A8A640#A8A640

#A8A640 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.124 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A640
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 61.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, -12.48, 51.48)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 52.97, 103.63°)
OKLab	oklab(70.69% -0.0384 0.1175)
OKLCH	oklch(70.69% 0.124 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7111, 35.9683, 10.1743)
Luminance	0.3597 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A640 #4042A8

analogous

#A87240 #A8A640 #76A840

triadic

#A8A640 #40A8A6 #A640A8

tetradic

#A8A640 #40A872 #4042A8 #A84076

square

#A8A640 #40A872 #4042A8 #A84076

split-complementary

#A8A640 #4076A8 #7240A8

monochromatic

#4F4E1E #7C7A2F #A8A640 #C3C162 #D4D38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A8A640 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.19

#A8A640 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A640

8.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A640	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A640	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)

#B3A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A346

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a640;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.124 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c079',
    500: '#a8a640',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a640;
$custom-light: #c4c079;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a640",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.846,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70686,
    "c": 0.12359,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35967
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A640

secondary

#8586BF

accent

#56D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A640

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

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