#A8A933#A8A933

#A8A933 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.2% C 0.136 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A933
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 51)
HSL	hsl(61, 54%, 43%)
HSV	hsv(61, 70%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 69.8%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.23, -14.83, 57.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.23, 59.47, 104.44°)
OKLab	oklab(71.24% -0.0464 0.1283)
OKLCH	oklch(71.24% 0.136 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9350, 36.9407, 8.6320)
Luminance	0.3694 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A933 #3433A9

analogous

#A96F33 #A8A933 #6DA933

triadic

#A8A933 #33A8A9 #A933A8

tetradic

#A8A933 #33A96F #3433A9 #A9336D

square

#A8A933 #33A96F #3433A9 #A9336D

split-complementary

#A8A933 #336DA9 #6F33A9

monochromatic

#4B4B17 #797A25 #A8A933 #C9CA4F #D7D87E

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A8A933 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#A8A933 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A933

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A933	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A933	1.00	2.50	8.39	8.39
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.39	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A220

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a933;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 51);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.2% 0.136 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c272',
    500: '#a8a933',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a933;
$custom-light: #c5c272;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a933",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 51
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.508,
    "s": 53.636,
    "l": 43.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71242,
    "c": 0.13641,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3694
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A933

secondary

#7777C1

accent

#4BDD4C

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A933

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

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