#A8A830#A8A830

#A8A830 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.365; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.137 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A830
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 48)
HSL	hsl(60, 56%, 42%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 71.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.93, -14.47, 58.42)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.93, 60.18, 103.91°)
OKLab	oklab(71% -0.0457 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(71% 0.137 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.6857, 36.5444, 8.2331)
Luminance	0.3654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A830 #3030A8

analogous

#A86C30 #A8A830 #6CA830

triadic

#A8A830 #30A8A8 #A830A8

tetradic

#A8A830 #30A86C #3030A8 #A8306C

square

#A8A830 #30A86C #3030A8 #A8306C

split-complementary

#A8A830 #306CA8 #6C30A8

monochromatic

#494915 #787822 #A8A830 #CBCB4A #D9D97A

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A830 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#A8A830 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A830

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A830	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A830	1.00	2.53	8.31	8.31
#FFFFFF	2.53	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.31	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A11B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A539

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a830;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 48);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.137 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c171',
    500: '#a8a830',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a830;
$custom-light: #c5c171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a830",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 48
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 55.556,
    "l": 42.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70998,
    "c": 0.13733,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A830

secondary

#7373C1

accent

#49DF49

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A830

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

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