#A8A740#A8A740

#A8A740 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.363; OKLCH L 70.9% C 0.125 H 108.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.27:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A740
RGB	rgb(168, 167, 64)
HSL	hsl(59, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(59, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0.6%, 61.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.77, -13.00, 51.78)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.77, 53.38, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.91% -0.0399 0.1181)
OKLCH	oklch(70.91% 0.125 108.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.8935, 36.3333, 10.2351)
Luminance	0.3633 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A740 #4041A8

analogous

#A87340 #A8A740 #75A840

triadic

#A8A740 #40A8A7 #A740A8

tetradic

#A8A740 #40A873 #4041A8 #A84075

square

#A8A740 #40A873 #4041A8 #A84075

split-complementary

#A8A740 #4075A8 #7340A8

monochromatic

#4F4F1E #7C7B2F #A8A740 #C3C262 #D4D38E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.54

#A8A740 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.27

#A8A740 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A740

8.27:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A740	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A740	1.00	2.54	8.27	8.27
#FFFFFF	2.54	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.27	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B4A034

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B5A446

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A2A2A2

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a740;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 167, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.9% 0.125 108.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c07a',
    500: '#a8a740',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a740;
$custom-light: #c4c07a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a740",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 167,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 59.423,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70908,
    "c": 0.12466,
    "h": 108.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.36332
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A740

secondary

#8585BF

accent

#55D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A740

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

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