#A8A840#A8A840

#A8A840 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.367; OKLCH L 71.1% C 0.126 H 109.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.34:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A840
RGB	rgb(168, 168, 64)
HSL	hsl(60, 45%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(60, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 0%, 61.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.05, -13.52, 52.07)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.05, 53.80, 104.56°)
OKLab	oklab(71.13% -0.0414 0.1187)
OKLCH	oklch(71.13% 0.126 109.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0774, 36.7011, 10.2965)
Luminance	0.3670 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A840 #4040A8

analogous

#A87440 #A8A840 #74A840

triadic

#A8A840 #40A8A8 #A840A8

tetradic

#A8A840 #40A874 #4040A8 #A84074

square

#A8A840 #40A874 #4040A8 #A84074

split-complementary

#A8A840 #4074A8 #7440A8

monochromatic

#4F4F1E #7C7C2F #A8A840 #C3C362 #D4D48E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.52

#A8A840 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.34

#A8A840 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A840

8.34:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A840	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A840	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)

#B5A133

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B6A546

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A3A3A3

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a840;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 168, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.1% 0.126 109.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c17a',
    500: '#a8a840',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a840;
$custom-light: #c4c17a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a840",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 168,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60,
    "s": 44.828,
    "l": 45.49
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7113,
    "c": 0.12573,
    "h": 109.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.367
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A840

secondary

#8585BF

accent

#53D553

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A840

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

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