#A8A157#A8A157

#A8A157 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.345; OKLCH L 69.9% C 0.096 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.90:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A157
RGB	rgb(168, 161, 87)
HSL	hsl(55, 32%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 48%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.2%, 48.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.36, -7.95, 39.18)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.36, 39.98, 101.47°)
OKLab	oklab(69.86% -0.023 0.0935)
OKLCH	oklch(69.86% 0.096 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(30.6144, 34.5036, 14.0622)
Luminance	0.3450 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A157 #575EA8

analogous

#A87957 #A8A157 #86A857

triadic

#A8A157 #57A8A1 #A157A8

tetradic

#A8A157 #57A879 #575EA8 #A85786

square

#A8A157 #57A879 #575EA8 #A85786

split-complementary

#A8A157 #5786A8 #7957A8

monochromatic

#57542D #807A42 #A8A157 #BDB87F #D2CEA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.66

#A8A157 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.90

#A8A157 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A157

7.90:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A157	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A157	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)

#AD9C51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA05A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29890

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a157;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 161, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(69.9% 0.096 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bc88',
    500: '#a8a157',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a157;
$custom-light: #c3bc88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a157",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 161,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.815,
    "s": 31.765,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.69862,
    "c": 0.09629,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.34503
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A157

secondary

#9B9EC0

accent

#69C860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A157

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

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