#A8A256#A8A256

#A8A256 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.348; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.098 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A256
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 32%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 48.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.62, -8.58, 40.01)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.62, 40.92, 102.10°)
OKLab	oklab(70.07% -0.0249 0.0953)
OKLCH	oklch(70.07% 0.098 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7493, 34.8383, 13.9070)
Luminance	0.3484 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A256 #565CA8

analogous

#A87956 #A8A256 #85A856

triadic

#A8A256 #56A8A2 #A256A8

tetradic

#A8A256 #56A879 #565CA8 #A85685

square

#A8A256 #56A879 #565CA8 #A85685

split-complementary

#A8A256 #5685A8 #7956A8

monochromatic

#57542D #807B41 #A8A256 #BDB87E #D2CFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.64

#A8A256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#A8A256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A256

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A256	1.00	2.64	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.64	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.97	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9D4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A159

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.098 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bd87',
    500: '#a8a256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a256;
$custom-light: #c3bd87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.61,
    "s": 32.283,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70067,
    "c": 0.09844,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34837
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A256

secondary

#9A9DBF

accent

#67C85F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A256

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

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