#A8A831#A8A831

#A8A831 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; 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	#A8A831
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 49)
HSL	hsl(60, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 70.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.94, -14.42, 58.05)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.94, 59.82, 103.95°)
OKLab	oklab(71.01% -0.0455 0.1289)
OKLCH	oklch(71.01% 0.137 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7065, 36.5528, 8.3430)
Luminance	0.3655 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A831 #3131A8

analogous

#A86C31 #A8A831 #6CA831

triadic

#A8A831 #31A8A8 #A831A8

tetradic

#A8A831 #31A86C #3131A8 #A8316C

square

#A8A831 #31A86C #3131A8 #A8316C

split-complementary

#A8A831 #316CA8 #6C31A8

monochromatic

#494915 #797923 #A8A831 #CBCB4C #D8D87B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A831 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#A8A831 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A831

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A831	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A831	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)

#B6A11D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a831;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.137 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c171',
    500: '#a8a831',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a831;
$custom-light: #c5c171;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a831",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 54.839,
    "l": 42.549
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71005,
    "c": 0.13669,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36552
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A831

secondary

#7474C1

accent

#4ADE4A

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A831

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

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