#A8A73A#A8A73A

#A8A73A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.129 H 108.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A73A
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 58)
HSL	hsl(59, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 65.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.72, -13.39, 54.29)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.72, 55.91, 103.86°)
OKLab	oklab(70.85% -0.0417 0.1225)
OKLCH	oklch(70.85% 0.129 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7319, 36.2687, 9.3839)
Luminance	0.3627 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A73A #3A3BA8

analogous

#A8703A #A8A73A #72A83A

triadic

#A8A73A #3AA8A7 #A73AA8

tetradic

#A8A73A #3AA870 #3A3BA8 #A83A72

square

#A8A73A #3AA870 #3A3BA8 #A83A72

split-complementary

#A8A73A #3A72A8 #703AA8

monochromatic

#4D4D1B #7B7A2A #A8A73A #C6C559 #D6D587

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A8A73A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.25

#A8A73A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A73A

8.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A73A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A73A	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)

#B4A02B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A441

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a73a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.129 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c076',
    500: '#a8a73a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a73a;
$custom-light: #c5c076;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a73a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.455,
    "s": 48.673,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70853,
    "c": 0.12938,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36268
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A73A

secondary

#7E7FC0

accent

#51D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A73A

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

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