#A8A83A#A8A83A

#A8A83A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.366; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.130 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A83A
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 58)
HSL	hsl(60, 49%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(60, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 65.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.00, -13.91, 54.57)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.00, 56.32, 104.30°)
OKLab	oklab(71.08% -0.0431 0.1231)
OKLCH	oklch(71.08% 0.13 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9158, 36.6365, 9.4452)
Luminance	0.3664 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A83A #3A3AA8

analogous

#A8713A #A8A83A #71A83A

triadic

#A8A83A #3AA8A8 #A83AA8

tetradic

#A8A83A #3AA871 #3A3AA8 #A83A71

square

#A8A83A #3AA871 #3A3AA8 #A83A71

split-complementary

#A8A83A #3A71A8 #713AA8

monochromatic

#4D4D1B #7B7B2A #A8A83A #C6C659 #D6D687

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A8A83A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#A8A83A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A83A

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A83A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A83A	1.00	2.52	8.33	8.33
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.33	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A12B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A541

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a83a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 58);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.130 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c176',
    500: '#a8a83a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a83a;
$custom-light: #c5c176;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a83a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 58
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 48.673,
    "l": 44.314
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71075,
    "c": 0.13042,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36636
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A83A

secondary

#7E7EC0

accent

#50D850

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A83A

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

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