#A8A737#A8A737

#A8A737 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.132 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A737
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 55)
HSL	hsl(59, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 67.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.70, -13.57, 55.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.70, 57.13, 103.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.83% -0.0425 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(70.83% 0.132 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6578, 36.2390, 8.9936)
Luminance	0.3624 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A737 #3738A8

analogous

#A86E37 #A8A737 #70A837

triadic

#A8A737 #37A8A7 #A737A8

tetradic

#A8A737 #37A86E #3738A8 #A83770

square

#A8A737 #37A86E #3738A8 #A83770

split-complementary

#A8A737 #3770A8 #6E37A8

monochromatic

#4C4B19 #7A7928 #A8A737 #C7C655 #D6D683

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A737 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#A8A737 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A737

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A737	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A737	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)

#B4A027

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49C90

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a737;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.132 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c074',
    500: '#a8a737',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a737;
$custom-light: #c5c074;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a737",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.469,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70828,
    "c": 0.13158,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36238
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A737

secondary

#7B7BC0

accent

#4FDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A737

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

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