#A8A738#A8A738

#A8A738 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.362; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.131 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A738
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 56)
HSL	hsl(59, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.71, -13.51, 55.09)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.71, 56.73, 103.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0422 0.1239)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.131 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6820, 36.2487, 9.1211)
Luminance	0.3625 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A738 #3839A8

analogous

#A86F38 #A8A738 #71A838

triadic

#A8A738 #38A8A7 #A738A8

tetradic

#A8A738 #38A86F #3839A8 #A83871

square

#A8A738 #38A86F #3839A8 #A83871

split-complementary

#A8A738 #3871A8 #6F38A8

monochromatic

#4C4C19 #7A7929 #A8A738 #C7C656 #D6D584

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.55

#A8A738 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#A8A738 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A738

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A738	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A738	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)

#B4A028

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A43F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a738;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.131 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c075',
    500: '#a8a738',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a738;
$custom-light: #c5c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a738",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.464,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70836,
    "c": 0.13085,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36248
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A738

secondary

#7C7DC0

accent

#50DA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A738

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

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