#A8A837#A8A837

#A8A837 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.0% C 0.133 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A837
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 55)
HSL	hsl(60, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 67.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.98, -14.09, 55.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.98, 57.52, 104.18°)
OKLab	oklab(71.05% -0.0439 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(71.05% 0.133 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8417, 36.6068, 9.0549)
Luminance	0.3661 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A837 #3737A8

analogous

#A86F37 #A8A837 #6FA837

triadic

#A8A837 #37A8A8 #A837A8

tetradic

#A8A837 #37A86F #3737A8 #A8376F

square

#A8A837 #37A86F #3737A8 #A8376F

split-complementary

#A8A837 #376FA8 #6F37A8

monochromatic

#4C4C19 #7A7A28 #A8A837 #C7C755 #D6D683

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A8A837 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#A8A837 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A837

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A837	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A837	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)

#B5A126

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49D91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a837;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.0% 0.133 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c174',
    500: '#a8a837',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a837;
$custom-light: #c5c174;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a837",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50.673,
    "l": 43.725
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7105,
    "c": 0.13262,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36606
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A837

secondary

#7B7BC0

accent

#4EDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A837

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

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