#A8A73B#A8A73B

#A8A73B 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 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A73B
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 59)
HSL	hsl(59, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 64.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.73, -13.33, 53.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.73, 55.50, 103.90°)
OKLab	oklab(70.86% -0.0414 0.1218)
OKLCH	oklch(70.86% 0.129 108.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.7576, 36.2789, 9.5191)
Luminance	0.3628 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A73B #3B3CA8

analogous

#A8713B #A8A73B #72A83B

triadic

#A8A73B #3BA8A7 #A73BA8

tetradic

#A8A73B #3BA871 #3B3CA8 #A83B72

square

#A8A73B #3BA871 #3B3CA8 #A83B72

split-complementary

#A8A73B #3B72A8 #713BA8

monochromatic

#4D4D1B #7B7A2B #A8A73B #C5C45B #D5D588

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A8A73B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#A8A73B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A73B

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A73B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A73B	1.00	2.54	8.26	8.26
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.26	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A02D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A442

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a73b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.129 108.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c077',
    500: '#a8a73b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a73b;
$custom-light: #c5c077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a73b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.45,
    "s": 48.018,
    "l": 44.51
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70862,
    "c": 0.12862,
    "h": 108.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36278
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A73B

secondary

#7F80C0

accent

#51D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A73B

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

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