#A8A255#A8A255

#A8A255 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.099 H 104.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.96:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A255
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 49.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.61, -8.67, 40.50)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.61, 41.42, 102.09°)
OKLab	oklab(70.05% -0.0252 0.0962)
OKLCH	oklch(70.05% 0.099 104.7)
XYZ	xyz(30.7092, 34.8223, 13.6963)
Luminance	0.3482 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A255 #555BA8

analogous

#A87955 #A8A255 #84A855

triadic

#A8A255 #55A8A2 #A255A8

tetradic

#A8A255 #55A879 #555BA8 #A85584

square

#A8A255 #55A879 #555BA8 #A85584

split-complementary

#A8A255 #5584A8 #7955A8

monochromatic

#57542C #7F7B40 #A8A255 #BDB97D #D2CFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A8A255 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.96

#A8A255 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A255

7.96:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A255	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A255	1.00	2.64	7.96	7.96
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.96	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a255;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.099 104.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4bd87',
    500: '#a8a255',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a255;
$custom-light: #c4bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a255",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.663,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70053,
    "c": 0.09949,
    "h": 104.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.34821
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A255

secondary

#999CBF

accent

#67C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A255

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

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