#A8A833#A8A833

#A8A833 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.135 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.31:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A833
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 51)
HSL	hsl(60, 53%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 69.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.95, -14.31, 57.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.95, 59.07, 104.02°)
OKLab	oklab(71.02% -0.045 0.1277)
OKLCH	oklch(71.02% 0.135 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7497, 36.5700, 8.5703)
Luminance	0.3657 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A833 #3333A8

analogous

#A86D33 #A8A833 #6DA833

triadic

#A8A833 #33A8A8 #A833A8

tetradic

#A8A833 #33A86D #3333A8 #A8336D

square

#A8A833 #33A86D #3333A8 #A8336D

split-complementary

#A8A833 #336DA8 #6D33A8

monochromatic

#4A4A16 #797925 #A8A833 #C9C94F #D8D87E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.53

#A8A833 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.31

#A8A833 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A833

8.31:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A833	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A833	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)

#B6A120

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a833;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.135 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c172',
    500: '#a8a833',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a833;
$custom-light: #c5c172;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a833",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 53.425,
    "l": 42.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71019,
    "c": 0.13538,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36569
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A833

secondary

#7676C1

accent

#4BDD4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A833

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

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