#A8A93B#A8A93B

#A8A93B is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.131 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.40:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A93B
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 59)
HSL	hsl(61, 48%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 65%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 65.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.29, -14.37, 54.46)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.29, 56.32, 104.78°)
OKLab	oklab(71.31% -0.0443 0.123)
OKLCH	oklch(71.31% 0.131 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1268, 37.0174, 9.6422)
Luminance	0.3702 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A93B #3C3BA9

analogous

#A9733B #A8A93B #71A93B

triadic

#A8A93B #3BA8A9 #A93BA8

tetradic

#A8A93B #3BA973 #3C3BA9 #A93B71

square

#A8A93B #3BA973 #3C3BA9 #A93B71

split-complementary

#A8A93B #3B71A9 #733BA9

monochromatic

#4E4E1B #7B7C2B #A8A93B #C5C65B #D5D689

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A8A93B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.40

#A8A93B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A93B

8.40:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A93B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A93B	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)

#B6A22C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A542

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39F92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a93b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 59);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.131 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c277',
    500: '#a8a93b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a93b;
$custom-light: #c5c277;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a93b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 59
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.545,
    "s": 48.246,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71307,
    "c": 0.13073,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37017
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A93B

secondary

#8080C0

accent

#50D851

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7ED

border

#D1D0C8

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A93B

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

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