#A8A83F#A8A83F

#A8A83F is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.127 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A83F
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 63)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 63%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 62.5%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.04, -13.59, 52.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.04, 54.23, 104.51°)
OKLab	oklab(71.12% -0.0417 0.1195)
OKLCH	oklch(71.12% 0.127 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0492, 36.6898, 10.1479)
Luminance	0.3669 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A83F #3F3FA8

analogous

#A8733F #A8A83F #73A83F

triadic

#A8A83F #3FA8A8 #A83FA8

tetradic

#A8A83F #3FA873 #3F3FA8 #A83F73

square

#A8A83F #3FA873 #3F3FA8 #A83F73

split-complementary

#A8A83F #3F73A8 #733FA8

monochromatic

#4F4F1E #7B7B2E #A8A83F #C4C461 #D4D48D

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A8A83F on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#A8A83F on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A83F

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A83F	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A83F	1.00	2.52	8.34	8.34
#FFFFFF	2.52	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.34	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B5A132

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A545

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a83f;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 63);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.127 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c179',
    500: '#a8a83f',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a83f;
$custom-light: #c5c179;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a83f",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 63
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 45.455,
    "l": 45.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71121,
    "c": 0.12654,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.36689
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A83F

secondary

#8484BF

accent

#53D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A83F

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

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