#A8A258#A8A258

#A8A258 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.096 H 104.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.97:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A258
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 88)
HSL	hsl(56, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 47.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.65, -8.38, 39.02)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.65, 39.91, 102.13°)
OKLab	oklab(70.1% -0.0241 0.0932)
OKLCH	oklch(70.1% 0.096 104.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8310, 34.8710, 14.3373)
Luminance	0.3487 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A258 #585EA8

analogous

#A87A58 #A8A258 #86A858

triadic

#A8A258 #58A8A2 #A258A8

tetradic

#A8A258 #58A87A #585EA8 #A85886

square

#A8A258 #58A87A #585EA8 #A85886

split-complementary

#A8A258 #5886A8 #7A58A8

monochromatic

#58552E #807B43 #A8A258 #BDB880 #D2CFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A8A258 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.97

#A8A258 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A258

7.97:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A258	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A258	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)

#AD9D52

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a258;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 88);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.096 104.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bd89',
    500: '#a8a258',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a258;
$custom-light: #c3bd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a258",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 88
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.5,
    "s": 31.496,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70095,
    "c": 0.0963,
    "h": 104.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.3487
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A258

secondary

#9C9FC0

accent

#68C860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A258

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

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