#A8A739#A8A739

#A8A739 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.8% C 0.130 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A739
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 57)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 66%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 66.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -13.45, 54.69)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 56.32, 103.82°)
OKLab	oklab(70.84% -0.0419 0.1232)
OKLCH	oklch(70.84% 0.13 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7067, 36.2586, 9.2512)
Luminance	0.3626 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A739 #393AA8

analogous

#A87039 #A8A739 #72A839

triadic

#A8A739 #39A8A7 #A739A8

tetradic

#A8A739 #39A870 #393AA8 #A83972

square

#A8A739 #39A870 #393AA8 #A83972

split-complementary

#A8A739 #3972A8 #7039A8

monochromatic

#4D4C1A #7A7A29 #A8A739 #C6C558 #D6D586

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A8A739 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#A8A739 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A739

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A739	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A739	1.00	2.54	8.25	8.25
#FFFFFF	2.54	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)

#B4A02A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A440

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a739;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 57);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.8% 0.130 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c075',
    500: '#a8a739',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a739;
$custom-light: #c5c075;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a739",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 57
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.459,
    "s": 49.333,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70844,
    "c": 0.13012,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36258
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A739

secondary

#7D7EC0

accent

#50D94F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A739

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

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