#A8A059#A8A059

#A8A059 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.342; OKLCH L 69.7% C 0.093 H 102.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A059
RGB	rgb(168, 160, 89)
HSL	hsl(54, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(54, 47%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.8%, 47%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.11, -7.22, 37.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.11, 38.54, 100.80°)
OKLab	oklab(69.67% -0.0207 0.0907)
OKLCH	oklch(69.67% 0.093 102.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.5232, 34.1886, 14.4405)
Luminance	0.3419 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A059 #5961A8

analogous

#A87859 #A8A059 #88A859

triadic

#A8A059 #59A8A0 #A059A8

tetradic

#A8A059 #59A878 #5961A8 #A85988

square

#A8A059 #59A878 #5961A8 #A85988

split-complementary

#A8A059 #5988A8 #7859A8

monochromatic

#58542E #807A43 #A8A059 #BDB781 #D2CEA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.68

#A8A059 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.84

#A8A059 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A059

7.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A059	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A059	1.00	2.68	7.84	7.84
#FFFFFF	2.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AB9C53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA05C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2978F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a059;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 160, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.7% 0.093 102.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bb89',
    500: '#a8a059',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a059;
$custom-light: #c3bb89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a059",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 160,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.924,
    "s": 31.225,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69674,
    "c": 0.09305,
    "h": 102.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34188
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A059

secondary

#9DA0C0

accent

#6BC760

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13110C

muted

#82807D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A059

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

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