#A8A263#A8A263

#A8A263 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.084 H 103.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.01:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A263
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 99)
HSL	hsl(55, 28%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(55, 41%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 41.1%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.80, -7.23, 33.51)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.80, 34.28, 102.18°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0197 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.084 103.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.3215, 35.0672, 16.9207)
Luminance	0.3507 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A263 #6369A8

analogous

#A88063 #A8A263 #8BA863

triadic

#A8A263 #63A8A2 #A263A8

tetradic

#A8A263 #63A880 #6369A8 #A8638B

square

#A8A263 #63A880 #6369A8 #A8638B

split-complementary

#A8A263 #638BA8 #8063A8

monochromatic

#5D5934 #847F4A #A8A263 #BEB98A #D4D1B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A8A263 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.01

#A8A263 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A263

8.01:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A263	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A263	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)

#AC9E5E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA166

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a263;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 99);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.084 103.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bd90',
    500: '#a8a263',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a263;
$custom-light: #c3bd90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a263",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 99
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.783,
    "s": 28.395,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70266,
    "c": 0.08396,
    "h": 103.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35066
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A263

secondary

#A4A7C2

accent

#6CC563

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A263

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

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