#A8A252#A8A252

#A8A252 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.0% C 0.103 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.95:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A252
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 82)
HSL	hsl(56, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 51.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.57, -8.95, 41.96)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.57, 42.90, 102.04°)
OKLab	oklab(70.01% -0.0263 0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(70.01% 0.103 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(30.5926, 34.7756, 13.0819)
Luminance	0.3478 (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

#A8A252 #5258A8

analogous

#A87752 #A8A252 #83A852

triadic

#A8A252 #52A8A2 #A252A8

tetradic

#A8A252 #52A877 #5258A8 #A85283

square

#A8A252 #52A877 #5258A8 #A85283

split-complementary

#A8A252 #5283A8 #7752A8

monochromatic

#56532A #7F7A3E #A8A252 #BEB979 #D2CFA3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A8A252 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.95

#A8A252 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A252

7.95:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A252	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A252	1.00	2.64	7.95	7.95
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.95	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A156

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a252;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 82);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.0% 0.103 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bd85',
    500: '#a8a252',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a252;
$custom-light: #c4bd85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a252",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 82
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.814,
    "s": 34.4,
    "l": 49.02
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70012,
    "c": 0.10261,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.34775
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A252

secondary

#9799BF

accent

#65CA5D

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A252

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

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