#A8A736#A8A736

#A8A736 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.132 H 108.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A736
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 54)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 67.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.69, -13.63, 55.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.69, 57.52, 103.71°)
OKLab	oklab(70.82% -0.0428 0.1252)
OKLCH	oklch(70.82% 0.132 108.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.6341, 36.2295, 8.8686)
Luminance	0.3623 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A736 #3637A8

analogous

#A86E36 #A8A736 #70A836

triadic

#A8A736 #36A8A7 #A736A8

tetradic

#A8A736 #36A86E #3637A8 #A83670

square

#A8A736 #36A86E #3637A8 #A83670

split-complementary

#A8A736 #3670A8 #6E36A8

monochromatic

#4B4B18 #7A7927 #A8A736 #C8C753 #D7D682

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A736 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#A8A736 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A736

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A736	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A736	1.00	2.55	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.55	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A025

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a736;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 54);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.132 108.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c074',
    500: '#a8a736',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a736;
$custom-light: #c5c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a736",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 54
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.474,
    "s": 51.351,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7082,
    "c": 0.13229,
    "h": 108.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36229
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A736

secondary

#7A7AC0

accent

#4EDB4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A736

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

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