#A8A934#A8A934
#A8A934 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.369; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.136 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #A8A934 |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(168, 169, 52) |
| HSL | hsl(61, 53%, 43%) |
| HSV | hsv(61, 69%, 66%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 69.2%, 33.7%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(67.24, -14.77, 57.21) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(67.24, 59.09, 104.48°) |
| OKLab | oklab(71.25% -0.0462 0.1277) |
| OKLCH | oklch(71.25% 0.136 109.9) |
| XYZ | xyz(30.9573, 36.9496, 8.7494) |
| Luminance | 0.3695 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | yellow |
Closest named colors
Vomit
#A2A415
ΔE00 2.58
Puke
#A5A502
ΔE00 3.17
Pea Soup Green
#94A617
ΔE00 4.56
Puke Green
#9AAE07
ΔE00 4.84
Mustard Green
#A8B504
ΔE00 4.99
Barf Green
#94AC02
ΔE00 5.52
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#A8A934 #3534A9
analogous
#A96F34 #A8A934 #6DA934
triadic
#A8A934 #34A8A9 #A934A8
tetradic
#A8A934 #34A96F #3534A9 #A9346D
square
#A8A934 #34A96F #3534A9 #A9346D
split-complementary
#A8A934 #346DA9 #6F34A9
monochromatic
#4B4B17 #797A26 #A8A934 #C8C951 #D7D880
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.50
#A8A934 on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
8.39
#A8A934 on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #A8A934
8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##A8A934 | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##A8A934 | 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)
#B6A221
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#B8A53C
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#B49E92
Achromatopsia (no color)
#A4A4A4
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #a8a934; /* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 52); /* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.136 109.9);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#c5c273',
500: '#a8a934',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #a8a934; $custom-light: #c5c273; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#a8a934",
"rgb": {
"r": 168,
"g": 169,
"b": 52
},
"hsl": {
"h": 60.513,
"s": 52.941,
"l": 43.333
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.7125,
"c": 0.13574,
"h": 109.9
},
"luminance": 0.36949
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#A8A934
secondary
#7878C1
accent
#4BDC4D
background
#FCFBF7
surface
#F8F7ED
border
#D1D0C8
text
#131208
muted
#82817B