#A8A935#A8A935

#A8A935 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.135 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.39:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A935
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 53)
HSL	hsl(61, 52%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 69%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 68.6%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.25, -14.72, 56.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.25, 58.71, 104.52°)
OKLab	oklab(71.26% -0.0459 0.127)
OKLCH	oklch(71.26% 0.135 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.9801, 36.9587, 8.8693)
Luminance	0.3696 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A935 #3635A9

analogous

#A97035 #A8A935 #6EA935

triadic

#A8A935 #35A8A9 #A935A8

tetradic

#A8A935 #35A970 #3635A9 #A9356E

square

#A8A935 #35A970 #3635A9 #A9356E

split-complementary

#A8A935 #356EA9 #7035A9

monochromatic

#4B4C18 #7A7A26 #A8A935 #C8C952 #D7D781

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A8A935 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.39

#A8A935 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A935

8.39:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A935	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A935	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)

#B6A223

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a935;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.135 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c273',
    500: '#a8a935',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a935;
$custom-light: #c5c273;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a935",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.517,
    "s": 52.252,
    "l": 43.529
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71258,
    "c": 0.13506,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36958
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A935

secondary

#7A79C1

accent

#4CDC4D

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131208

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A935

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

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