#A8A931#A8A931

#A8A931 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.138 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.38:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A931
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 49)
HSL	hsl(61, 55%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 71%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 71%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.22, -14.93, 58.33)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.22, 60.21, 104.36°)
OKLab	oklab(71.23% -0.0469 0.1295)
OKLCH	oklch(71.23% 0.138 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.8919, 36.9234, 8.4048)
Luminance	0.3692 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A931 #3231A9

analogous

#A96E31 #A8A931 #6CA931

triadic

#A8A931 #31A8A9 #A931A8

tetradic

#A8A931 #31A96E #3231A9 #A9316C

square

#A8A931 #31A96E #3231A9 #A9316C

split-complementary

#A8A931 #316CA9 #6E31A9

monochromatic

#4A4A15 #797A23 #A8A931 #CACB4C #D8D97C

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A8A931 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.38

#A8A931 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A931

8.38:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A931	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A931	1.00	2.50	8.38	8.38
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.38	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B7A21C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a931;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 49);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.138 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c271',
    500: '#a8a931',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a931;
$custom-light: #c5c271;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a931",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 49
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.5,
    "s": 55.046,
    "l": 42.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71228,
    "c": 0.13772,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36923
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A931

secondary

#7574C1

accent

#49DE4B

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A931

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

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