#A8A73E#A8A73E

#A8A73E is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.126 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.26:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A73E
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 62)
HSL	hsl(59, 46%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 63.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.76, -13.14, 52.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.76, 54.24, 104.02°)
OKLab	oklab(70.89% -0.0405 0.1196)
OKLCH	oklch(70.89% 0.126 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8377, 36.3110, 9.9408)
Luminance	0.3631 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A73E #3E3FA8

analogous

#A8723E #A8A73E #74A83E

triadic

#A8A73E #3EA8A7 #A73EA8

tetradic

#A8A73E #3EA872 #3E3FA8 #A83E74

square

#A8A73E #3EA872 #3E3FA8 #A83E74

split-complementary

#A8A73E #3E74A8 #723EA8

monochromatic

#4F4E1D #7B7B2E #A8A73E #C4C35F #D5D48C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A8A73E on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.26

#A8A73E on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A73E

8.26:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A73E	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A73E	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)

#B4A031

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A444

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a73e;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 62);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.126 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c078',
    500: '#a8a73e',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a73e;
$custom-light: #c5c078;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a73e",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 62
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.434,
    "s": 46.087,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70889,
    "c": 0.12627,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.3631
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A73E

secondary

#8383BF

accent

#53D652

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A73E

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

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