#A8A83D#A8A83D

#A8A83D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.128 H 109.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.33:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A83D
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 61)
HSL	hsl(60, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 63.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.03, -13.72, 53.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.03, 55.08, 104.43°)
OKLab	oklab(71.1% -0.0423 0.121)
OKLCH	oklch(71.1% 0.128 109.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9944, 36.6679, 9.8589)
Luminance	0.3667 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A83D #3D3DA8

analogous

#A8733D #A8A83D #73A83D

triadic

#A8A83D #3DA8A8 #A83DA8

tetradic

#A8A83D #3DA873 #3D3DA8 #A83D73

square

#A8A83D #3DA873 #3D3DA8 #A83D73

split-complementary

#A8A83D #3D73A8 #733DA8

monochromatic

#4E4E1C #7B7B2D #A8A83D #C4C45E #D5D58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A8A83D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.33

#A8A83D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A83D

8.33:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A83D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A83D	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)

#B5A12F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a83d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.128 109.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c178',
    500: '#a8a83d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a83d;
$custom-light: #c5c178;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a83d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 46.725,
    "l": 44.902
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71102,
    "c": 0.12813,
    "h": 109.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.36667
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A83D

secondary

#8181BF

accent

#51D651

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A83D

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

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