#A8A643#A8A643

#A8A643 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.360; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.121 H 108.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.20:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A643
RGB	rgb(168, 166, 67)
HSL	hsl(59, 43%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(59, 60%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 1.2%, 60.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.52, -12.27, 50.17)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.52, 51.65, 103.75°)
OKLab	oklab(70.72% -0.0375 0.1151)
OKLCH	oklch(70.72% 0.121 108)
XYZ	xyz(30.7987, 36.0034, 10.6361)
Luminance	0.3600 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A643 #4345A8

analogous

#A87343 #A8A643 #77A843

triadic

#A8A643 #43A8A6 #A643A8

tetradic

#A8A643 #43A873 #4345A8 #A84377

square

#A8A643 #43A873 #4345A8 #A84377

split-complementary

#A8A643 #4377A8 #7343A8

monochromatic

#505020 #7C7B32 #A8A643 #C2C066 #D3D292

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A8A643 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.20

#A8A643 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A643

8.20:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A643	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A643	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)

#B3A038

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B4A449

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39C91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a643;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 166, 67);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.121 108.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c07b',
    500: '#a8a643',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a643;
$custom-light: #c4c07b;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a643",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 166,
    "b": 67
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 58.812,
    "s": 42.979,
    "l": 46.078
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70716,
    "c": 0.12106,
    "h": 108
  },
  "luminance": 0.36003
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A643

secondary

#8889BF

accent

#58D355

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#13120A

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A643

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

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