#A8A838#A8A838

#A8A838 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.132 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.32:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A838
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 56)
HSL	hsl(60, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 66.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.99, -14.03, 55.38)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.99, 57.13, 104.22°)
OKLab	oklab(71.06% -0.0437 0.1245)
OKLCH	oklch(71.06% 0.132 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.8659, 36.6165, 9.1824)
Luminance	0.3662 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A838 #3838A8

analogous

#A87038 #A8A838 #70A838

triadic

#A8A838 #38A8A8 #A838A8

tetradic

#A8A838 #38A870 #3838A8 #A83870

square

#A8A838 #38A870 #3838A8 #A83870

split-complementary

#A8A838 #3870A8 #7038A8

monochromatic

#4C4C19 #7A7A29 #A8A838 #C7C756 #D6D684

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A8A838 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.32

#A8A838 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A838

8.32:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A838	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A838	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)

#B5A128

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49E91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a838;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.132 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c175',
    500: '#a8a838',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a838;
$custom-light: #c5c175;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a838",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 50,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71059,
    "c": 0.1319,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36616
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A838

secondary

#7C7CC0

accent

#4EDA4E

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A838

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

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