#A8A938#A8A938

#A8A938 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.133 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A938
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 56)
HSL	hsl(61, 50%, 44%)
HSV	hsv(61, 67%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 66.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.27, -14.55, 55.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.27, 57.53, 104.65°)
OKLab	oklab(71.28% -0.0451 0.1251)
OKLCH	oklch(71.28% 0.133 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.0512, 36.9871, 9.2442)
Luminance	0.3699 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A938 #3938A9

analogous

#A97238 #A8A938 #70A938

triadic

#A8A938 #38A8A9 #A938A8

tetradic

#A8A938 #38A972 #3938A9 #A93870

square

#A8A938 #38A972 #3938A9 #A93870

split-complementary

#A8A938 #3870A9 #7238A9

monochromatic

#4D4D1A #7A7B29 #A8A938 #C6C757 #D6D785

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A8A938 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#A8A938 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A938

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A938	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A938	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)

#B6A228

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A540

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B49F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a938;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 56);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.133 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c275',
    500: '#a8a938',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a938;
$custom-light: #c5c275;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a938",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 56
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.531,
    "s": 50.222,
    "l": 44.118
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71281,
    "c": 0.13295,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.36986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A938

secondary

#7D7CC0

accent

#4EDA4F

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A938

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

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