#A8A153#A8A153

#A8A153 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.344; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.101 H 104.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.89:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A153
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 83)
HSL	hsl(55, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(55, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 50.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.31, -8.33, 41.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.31, 41.98, 101.44°)
OKLab	oklab(69.81% -0.0245 0.0975)
OKLCH	oklch(69.81% 0.101 104.1)
XYZ	xyz(30.4555, 34.4400, 13.2252)
Luminance	0.3444 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A153 #535AA8

analogous

#A87753 #A8A153 #85A853

triadic

#A8A153 #53A8A1 #A153A8

tetradic

#A8A153 #53A877 #535AA8 #A85385

square

#A8A153 #53A877 #535AA8 #A85385

split-complementary

#A8A153 #5385A8 #7753A8

monochromatic

#56522B #7F7A3F #A8A153 #BEB87B #D2CEA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A8A153 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.89

#A8A153 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A153

7.89:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A153	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A153	1.00	2.66	7.89	7.89
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.89	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA057

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B3988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a153;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.101 104.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bc85',
    500: '#a8a153',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a153;
$custom-light: #c4bc85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a153",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.059,
    "s": 33.865,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69807,
    "c": 0.1005,
    "h": 104.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.34439
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A153

secondary

#989BBF

accent

#67CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A153

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

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