#A8A156#A8A156

#A8A156 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.8% C 0.097 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A156
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 86)
HSL	hsl(55, 32%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 48.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.35, -8.05, 39.67)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.35, 40.48, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.85% -0.0233 0.0945)
OKLCH	oklch(69.85% 0.097 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5738, 34.4874, 13.8485)
Luminance	0.3449 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A156 #565DA8

analogous

#A87856 #A8A156 #86A856

triadic

#A8A156 #56A8A1 #A156A8

tetradic

#A8A156 #56A878 #565DA8 #A85686

square

#A8A156 #56A878 #565DA8 #A85686

split-complementary

#A8A156 #5686A8 #7856A8

monochromatic

#57532D #807A41 #A8A156 #BDB87E #D2CEA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A8A156 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#A8A156 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A156

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A156	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A156	1.00	2.66	7.90	7.90
#FFFFFF	2.66	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.90	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9C50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA059

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B2988F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a156;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.8% 0.097 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bc87',
    500: '#a8a156',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a156;
$custom-light: #c3bc87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a156",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.878,
    "s": 32.283,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69848,
    "c": 0.09736,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34486
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A156

secondary

#9A9EBF

accent

#68C85F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A156

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

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