#A8A259#A8A259

#A8A259 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.349; OKLCH L 70.1% C 0.095 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 7.98:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A259
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 89)
HSL	hsl(55, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(55, 47%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 47%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.66, -8.29, 38.53)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.66, 39.41, 102.14°)
OKLab	oklab(70.11% -0.0237 0.0922)
OKLCH	oklch(70.11% 0.095 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8727, 34.8876, 14.5570)
Luminance	0.3489 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A259 #595FA8

analogous

#A87A59 #A8A259 #86A859

triadic

#A8A259 #59A8A2 #A259A8

tetradic

#A8A259 #59A87A #595FA8 #A85986

square

#A8A259 #59A87A #595FA8 #A85986

split-complementary

#A8A259 #5986A8 #7A59A8

monochromatic

#58552E #807C43 #A8A259 #BDB881 #D2CFA9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.63

#A8A259 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

7.98

#A8A259 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A259

7.98:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A259	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A259	1.00	2.63	7.98	7.98
#FFFFFF	2.63	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	7.98	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9D53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A15C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29991

Achromatopsia (no color)

#9F9F9F

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a259;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.1% 0.095 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bd89',
    500: '#a8a259',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a259;
$custom-light: #c3bd89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a259",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.443,
    "s": 31.225,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.7011,
    "c": 0.09522,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.34887
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A259

secondary

#9D9FC0

accent

#68C760

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A259

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

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