#A8A940#A8A940

#A8A940 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.371; OKLCH L 71.4% C 0.127 H 109.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.41:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A940
RGB	rgb(168, 169, 64)
HSL	hsl(61, 45%, 46%)
HSV	hsv(61, 62%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.6%, 0%, 62.1%, 33.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(67.33, -14.04, 52.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(67.33, 54.22, 105.01°)
OKLab	oklab(71.35% -0.0428 0.1194)
OKLCH	oklch(71.35% 0.127 109.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.2628, 37.0718, 10.3582)
Luminance	0.3707 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A940 #4140A9

analogous

#A97540 #A8A940 #74A940

triadic

#A8A940 #40A8A9 #A940A8

tetradic

#A8A940 #40A975 #4140A9 #A94074

square

#A8A940 #40A975 #4140A9 #A94074

split-complementary

#A8A940 #4074A9 #7540A9

monochromatic

#50501E #7C7D2F #A8A940 #C3C462 #D4D58F

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.50

#A8A940 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.41

#A8A940 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A940

8.41:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A940	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A940	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)

#B6A233

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B7A646

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39F93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A4A4A4

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a940;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 169, 64);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(71.4% 0.127 109.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4c27a',
    500: '#a8a940',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a940;
$custom-light: #c4c27a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a940",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 169,
    "b": 64
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 60.571,
    "s": 45.064,
    "l": 45.686
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.71352,
    "c": 0.12681,
    "h": 109.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.37071
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A940

secondary

#8685C0

accent

#53D554

background

#FCFBF7

surface

#F8F7EE

border

#D1D0C9

text

#131209

muted

#82817B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A940

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

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