#A8A93D#A8A93D

#A8A93D is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.370; OKLCH L 71.3% C 0.129 H 109.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A93D
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 61)
HSL	hsl(61, 47%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(61, 64%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 63.9%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.31, -14.24, 53.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.31, 55.49, 104.87°)
OKLab	oklab(71.33% -0.0437 0.1216)
OKLCH	oklch(71.33% 0.129 109.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.1797, 37.0385, 9.9207)
Luminance	0.3704 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A93D #3E3DA9

analogous

#A9743D #A8A93D #72A93D

triadic

#A8A93D #3DA8A9 #A93DA8

tetradic

#A8A93D #3DA974 #3E3DA9 #A93D72

square

#A8A93D #3DA974 #3E3DA9 #A93D72

split-complementary

#A8A93D #3D72A9 #743DA9

monochromatic

#4F4F1D #7B7C2D #A8A93D #C4C55E #D5D58B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A8A93D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#A8A93D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A93D

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A93D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A93D	1.00	2.50	8.41	8.41
#FFFFFF	2.50	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.41	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B6A22F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A544

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a93d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 61);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.3% 0.129 109.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c278',
    500: '#a8a93d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a93d;
$custom-light: #c5c278;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a93d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 61
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.556,
    "s": 46.957,
    "l": 45.098
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71325,
    "c": 0.1292,
    "h": 109.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.37038
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A93D

secondary

#8382C0

accent

#51D752

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A93D

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

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