#A8A260#A8A260

#A8A260 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.087 H 103.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.00:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A260
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 96)
HSL	hsl(55, 29%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 43%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 42.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.76, -7.56, 35.03)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.76, 35.83, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.22% -0.021 0.0849)
OKLCH	oklch(70.22% 0.087 103.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.1807, 35.0109, 16.1793)
Luminance	0.3501 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A260 #6066A8

analogous

#A87E60 #A8A260 #8AA860

triadic

#A8A260 #60A8A2 #A260A8

tetradic

#A8A260 #60A87E #6066A8 #A8608A

square

#A8A260 #60A87E #6066A8 #A8608A

split-complementary

#A8A260 #608AA8 #7E60A8

monochromatic

#5C5832 #837E48 #A8A260 #BEB988 #D3D0AF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A8A260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.00

#A8A260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A260

8.00:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A260	1.00	2.62	8.00	8.00
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.00	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E5B

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA163

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.087 103.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bd8e',
    500: '#a8a260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a260;
$custom-light: #c3bd8e;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55,
    "s": 29.268,
    "l": 51.765
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70217,
    "c": 0.08742,
    "h": 103.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A260

secondary

#A2A5C2

accent

#6BC662

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A260

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

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