#A8A261#A8A261

#A8A261 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.350; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.086 H 103.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A261
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 97)
HSL	hsl(55, 29%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 42%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 42.3%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.77, -7.45, 34.52)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.77, 35.32, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.23% -0.0206 0.0838)
OKLCH	oklch(70.23% 0.086 103.8)
XYZ	xyz(31.2270, 35.0294, 16.4233)
Luminance	0.3503 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A261 #6167A8

analogous

#A87F61 #A8A261 #8BA861

triadic

#A8A261 #61A8A2 #A261A8

tetradic

#A8A261 #61A87F #6167A8 #A8618B

square

#A8A261 #61A87F #6167A8 #A8618B

split-complementary

#A8A261 #618BA8 #7F61A8

monochromatic

#5C5833 #837E48 #A8A261 #BEB988 #D3D0B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A8A261 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#A8A261 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A261

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A261	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A261	1.00	2.62	8.01	8.01
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.01	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9E5C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA164

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a261;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 97);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.086 103.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bd8f',
    500: '#a8a261',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a261;
$custom-light: #c3bd8f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a261",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 97
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.93,
    "s": 28.98,
    "l": 51.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70233,
    "c": 0.08628,
    "h": 103.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.35029
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A261

secondary

#A3A5C2

accent

#6BC563

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A261

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

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