#A8A641#A8A641

#A8A641 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.123 H 108.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A641
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 65)
HSL	hsl(59, 44%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 61%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 61.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.50, -12.41, 51.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.50, 52.53, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.0381 0.1167)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.123 108.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.7398, 35.9798, 10.3255)
Luminance	0.3598 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A641 #4143A8

analogous

#A87241 #A8A641 #76A841

triadic

#A8A641 #41A8A6 #A641A8

tetradic

#A8A641 #41A872 #4143A8 #A84176

square

#A8A641 #41A872 #4143A8 #A84176

split-complementary

#A8A641 #4176A8 #7241A8

monochromatic

#504F1F #7C7A30 #A8A641 #C3C163 #D4D390

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A8A641 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#A8A641 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A641

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A641	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A641	1.00	2.56	8.20	8.20
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.20	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B3A035

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A347

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a641;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 65);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.123 108.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c07a',
    500: '#a8a641',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a641;
$custom-light: #c4c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a641",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 65
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.835,
    "s": 44.206,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70696,
    "c": 0.12276,
    "h": 108.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35979
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A641

secondary

#8687BF

accent

#56D454

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A641

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

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