#A8A151#A8A151

#A8A151 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.103 H 104.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.88:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A151
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 81)
HSL	hsl(55, 35%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 52%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 51.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.29, -8.51, 42.11)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.29, 42.96, 101.43°)
OKLab	oklab(69.78% -0.0252 0.0994)
OKLCH	oklch(69.78% 0.103 104.2)
XYZ	xyz(30.3794, 34.4096, 12.8244)
Luminance	0.3441 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A151 #5158A8

analogous

#A87651 #A8A151 #84A851

triadic

#A8A151 #51A8A1 #A151A8

tetradic

#A8A151 #51A876 #5158A8 #A85184

square

#A8A151 #51A876 #5158A8 #A85184

split-complementary

#A8A151 #5184A8 #7651A8

monochromatic

#555229 #7F793D #A8A151 #BEB878 #D2CEA1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A8A151 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.88

#A8A151 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A151

7.88:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A151	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A151	1.00	2.66	7.88	7.88
#FFFFFF	2.66	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)

#AD9C4A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A055

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9E9E9E

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a151;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.103 104.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bc84',
    500: '#a8a151',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a151;
$custom-light: #c4bc84;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a151",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.172,
    "s": 34.94,
    "l": 48.824
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.6978,
    "c": 0.10255,
    "h": 104.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.34409
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A151

secondary

#9699BF

accent

#66CB5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A151

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

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