#A8AF35#A8AF35

#A8AF35 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.392; OKLCH L 72.6% C 0.141 H 112.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.85:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8AF35
RGB	rgb(168, 175, 53)
HSL	hsl(63, 54%, 45%)
HSV	hsv(63, 70%, 69%)
CMYK	cmyk(4%, 0%, 69.7%, 31.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.93, -17.79, 58.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.93, 61.15, 106.91°)
OKLab	oklab(72.6% -0.0545 0.1306)
OKLCH	oklch(72.6% 0.141 112.7)
XYZ	xyz(32.1220, 39.2425, 9.2499)
Luminance	0.3924 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8AF35 #3C35AF

analogous

#AF7935 #A8AF35 #6BAF35

triadic

#A8AF35 #35A8AF #AF35A8

tetradic

#A8AF35 #35AF79 #3C35AF #AF356B

square

#A8AF35 #35AF79 #3C35AF #AF356B

split-complementary

#A8AF35 #356BAF #7935AF

monochromatic

#4E5119 #7B8027 #A8AF35 #C5CC56 #D5DA85

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.37

#A8AF35 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.85

#A8AF35 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8AF35

8.85:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8AF35	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8AF35	1.00	2.37	8.85	8.85
#FFFFFF	2.37	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.85	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BCA721

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BCAA3E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3A497

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A8A8A8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8af35;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 175, 53);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.6% 0.141 112.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c5c674',
    500: '#a8af35',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8af35;
$custom-light: #c5c674;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8af35",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 175,
    "b": 53
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 63.443,
    "s": 53.509,
    "l": 44.706
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72601,
    "c": 0.14147,
    "h": 112.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.39242
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8AF35

secondary

#807CC4

accent

#4BDD53

background

#FCFCF7

surface

#F8F8ED

border

#D1D1C8

text

#131309

muted

#82827B

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8AF35

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

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