#A8A835#A8A835

#A8A835 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.134 H 109.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A835
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 53)
HSL	hsl(60, 52%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(60, 68%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 68.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.97, -14.20, 56.55)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.97, 58.31, 104.10°)
OKLab	oklab(71.04% -0.0445 0.1264)
OKLCH	oklch(71.04% 0.134 109.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.7947, 36.5880, 8.8075)
Luminance	0.3659 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A835 #3535A8

analogous

#A86E35 #A8A835 #6EA835

triadic

#A8A835 #35A8A8 #A835A8

tetradic

#A8A835 #35A86E #3535A8 #A8356E

square

#A8A835 #35A86E #3535A8 #A8356E

split-complementary

#A8A835 #356EA8 #6E35A8

monochromatic

#4B4B18 #797926 #A8A835 #C8C852 #D7D780

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A8A835 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#A8A835 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A835

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A835	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A835	1.00	2.52	8.32	8.32
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.32	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A123

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a835;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.134 109.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c173',
    500: '#a8a835',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a835;
$custom-light: #c5c173;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a835",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 52.036,
    "l": 43.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71035,
    "c": 0.13402,
    "h": 109.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.36587
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A835

secondary

#7878C0

accent

#4CDB4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A835

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

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