#A8A150#A8A150

#A8A150 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.104 H 104.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A150
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 80)
HSL	hsl(55, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 52.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.27, -8.60, 42.59)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.27, 43.45, 101.42°)
OKLab	oklab(69.77% -0.0256 0.1004)
OKLCH	oklch(69.77% 0.104 104.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.3421, 34.3947, 12.6284)
Luminance	0.3439 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A150 #5057A8

analogous

#A87550 #A8A150 #83A850

triadic

#A8A150 #50A8A1 #A150A8

tetradic

#A8A150 #50A875 #5057A8 #A85083

square

#A8A150 #50A875 #5057A8 #A85083

split-complementary

#A8A150 #5083A8 #7550A8

monochromatic

#555229 #7F793C #A8A150 #BEB977 #D2CEA0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.67

#A8A150 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#A8A150 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A150

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A150	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A150	1.00	2.67	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.67	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.88	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C49

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A054

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a150;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.104 104.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bc83',
    500: '#a8a150',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a150;
$custom-light: #c4bc83;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a150",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.227,
    "s": 35.484,
    "l": 48.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69767,
    "c": 0.10358,
    "h": 104.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.34394
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A150

secondary

#9598BF

accent

#65CC5C

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A150

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

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