#A8A723#A8A723

#A8A723 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.361; OKLCH L 70.7% C 0.144 H 109.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.22:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A723
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 35)
HSL	hsl(60, 66%, 40%)
HSV	hsv(60, 79%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 79.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.58, -14.51, 62.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.58, 64.08, 103.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.7% -0.047 0.1356)
OKLCH	oklch(70.7% 0.144 109.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.2717, 36.0846, 6.9602)
Luminance	0.3608 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A723 #2324A8

analogous

#A86523 #A8A723 #66A823

triadic

#A8A723 #23A8A7 #A723A8

tetradic

#A8A723 #23A865 #2324A8 #A82366

square

#A8A723 #23A865 #2324A8 #A82366

split-complementary

#A8A723 #2366A8 #6523A8

monochromatic

#43420E #757518 #A8A723 #D5D334 #DFDE66

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.56

#A8A723 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.22

#A8A723 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A723

8.22:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A723	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A723	1.00	2.56	8.22	8.22
#FFFFFF	2.56	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.22	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A000

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A42F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49C8F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a723;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 35);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.7% 0.144 109.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c6c06a',
    500: '#a8a723',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a723;
$custom-light: #c6c06a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a723",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 35
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.549,
    "s": 65.517,
    "l": 39.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70696,
    "c": 0.14351,
    "h": 109.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.36084
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A723

secondary

#6263C5

accent

#41E83F

background

#FCFBF6

surface

#F9F7EC

border

#D2D0C7

text

#131207

muted

#82817A

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A723

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

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