#A8A050#A8A050

#A8A050 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.340; OKLCH L 69.5% C 0.103 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.81:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A050
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 52.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.00, -8.07, 42.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.00, 43.03, 100.81°)
OKLab	oklab(69.55% -0.024 0.0997)
OKLCH	oklch(69.55% 0.103 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.1681, 34.0466, 12.5704)
Luminance	0.3405 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A050 #5058A8

analogous

#A87450 #A8A050 #84A850

triadic

#A8A050 #50A8A0 #A050A8

tetradic

#A8A050 #50A874 #5058A8 #A85084

square

#A8A050 #50A874 #5058A8 #A85084

split-complementary

#A8A050 #5084A8 #7450A8

monochromatic

#555129 #7F793C #A8A050 #BEB877 #D2CDA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.69

#A8A050 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.81

#A8A050 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A050

7.81:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A050	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A050	1.00	2.69	7.81	7.81
#FFFFFF	2.69	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.81	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9B49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3978E

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a050;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.5% 0.103 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bb83',
    500: '#a8a050',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a050;
$custom-light: #c4bb83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a050",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.545,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69548,
    "c": 0.10252,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34046
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A050

secondary

#9599BF

accent

#66CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13110B

muted

#82807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A050

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

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