#A8A735#A8A735

#A8A735 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.133 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.24:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A735
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 53)
HSL	hsl(59, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 68.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -13.69, 56.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 57.91, 103.67°)
OKLab	oklab(70.81% -0.043 0.1258)
OKLCH	oklch(70.81% 0.133 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6108, 36.2202, 8.7462)
Luminance	0.3622 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A735 #3536A8

analogous

#A86D35 #A8A735 #6FA835

triadic

#A8A735 #35A8A7 #A735A8

tetradic

#A8A735 #35A86D #3536A8 #A8356F

square

#A8A735 #35A86D #3536A8 #A8356F

split-complementary

#A8A735 #356FA8 #6D35A8

monochromatic

#4B4B18 #797926 #A8A735 #C8C752 #D7D680

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A735 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.24

#A8A735 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A735

8.24:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A735	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A735	1.00	2.55	8.24	8.24
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.24	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A024

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a735;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.133 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c073',
    500: '#a8a735',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a735;
$custom-light: #c5c073;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a735",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.478,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70812,
    "c": 0.13299,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36219
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A735

secondary

#7879C0

accent

#4EDB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A735

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

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