#A8A257#A8A257

#A8A257 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.097 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A257
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 32%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 48.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.64, -8.48, 39.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.64, 40.42, 102.11°)
OKLab	oklab(70.08% -0.0245 0.0943)
OKLCH	oklch(70.08% 0.097 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(30.7898, 34.8545, 14.1207)
Luminance	0.3485 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A257 #575DA8

analogous

#A87A57 #A8A257 #85A857

triadic

#A8A257 #57A8A2 #A257A8

tetradic

#A8A257 #57A87A #575DA8 #A85785

square

#A8A257 #57A87A #575DA8 #A85785

split-complementary

#A8A257 #5785A8 #7A57A8

monochromatic

#57542D #807B42 #A8A257 #BDB87F #D2CFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A8A257 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#A8A257 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A257

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A257	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A257	1.00	2.63	7.97	7.97
#FFFFFF	2.63	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)

#AD9D51

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29990

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a257;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.097 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bd88',
    500: '#a8a257',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a257;
$custom-light: #c3bd88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a257",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.556,
    "s": 31.765,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70081,
    "c": 0.09738,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.34854
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A257

secondary

#9B9EC0

accent

#68C860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A257

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

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