#A8A937#A8A937

#A8A937 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.134 H 109.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A937
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 55)
HSL	hsl(61, 51%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 67.5%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.26, -14.61, 56.06)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.26, 57.93, 104.60°)
OKLab	oklab(71.27% -0.0454 0.1257)
OKLCH	oklch(71.27% 0.134 109.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.0270, 36.9775, 9.1166)
Luminance	0.3698 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A937 #3837A9

analogous

#A97137 #A8A937 #6FA937

triadic

#A8A937 #37A8A9 #A937A8

tetradic

#A8A937 #37A971 #3837A9 #A9376F

square

#A8A937 #37A971 #3837A9 #A9376F

split-complementary

#A8A937 #376FA9 #7137A9

monochromatic

#4C4D19 #7A7B28 #A8A937 #C7C855 #D6D784

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A8A937 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#A8A937 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A937

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A937	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A937	1.00	2.50	8.40	8.40
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.40	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A226

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B8A53F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49E92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a937;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.134 109.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c275',
    500: '#a8a937',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a937;
$custom-light: #c5c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a937",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.526,
    "s": 50.893,
    "l": 43.922
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71273,
    "c": 0.13367,
    "h": 109.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.36977
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A937

secondary

#7C7BC0

accent

#4DDA4F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A937

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

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