#A8A73C#A8A73C

#A8A73C is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.128 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A73C
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 60)
HSL	hsl(59, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 64.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.74, -13.27, 53.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.74, 55.09, 103.94°)
OKLab	oklab(70.87% -0.0411 0.1211)
OKLCH	oklch(70.87% 0.128 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7838, 36.2894, 9.6571)
Luminance	0.3629 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A73C #3C3DA8

analogous

#A8713C #A8A73C #73A83C

triadic

#A8A73C #3CA8A7 #A73CA8

tetradic

#A8A73C #3CA871 #3C3DA8 #A83C73

square

#A8A73C #3CA871 #3C3DA8 #A83C73

split-complementary

#A8A73C #3C73A8 #713CA8

monochromatic

#4E4D1C #7B7A2C #A8A73C #C5C45C #D5D489

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A8A73C on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#A8A73C on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A73C

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A73C	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A73C	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)

#B4A02E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A443

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a73c;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 60);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.128 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c077',
    500: '#a8a73c',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a73c;
$custom-light: #c5c077;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a73c",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 60
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.444,
    "s": 47.368,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70871,
    "c": 0.12784,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36289
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A73C

secondary

#8081BF

accent

#52D751

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A73C

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

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