#A8A265#A8A265

#A8A265 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.082 H 103.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.02:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A265
RGB	rgb(168, 162, 101)
HSL	hsl(55, 28%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(55, 40%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3.6%, 39.9%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.83, -7.01, 32.49)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.83, 33.24, 102.17°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.0189 0.0794)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.082 103.4)
XYZ	xyz(31.4183, 35.1059, 17.4305)
Luminance	0.3510 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A265 #656BA8

analogous

#A88065 #A8A265 #8CA865

triadic

#A8A265 #65A8A2 #A265A8

tetradic

#A8A265 #65A880 #656BA8 #A8658C

square

#A8A265 #65A880 #656BA8 #A8658C

split-complementary

#A8A265 #658CA8 #8065A8

monochromatic

#5E5A35 #85804B #A8A265 #BEBA8C #D4D1B3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A8A265 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.02

#A8A265 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A265

8.02:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A265	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A265	1.00	2.62	8.02	8.02
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.02	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AC9E60

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEA167

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19A93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a265;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 162, 101);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.082 103.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3bd92',
    500: '#a8a265',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a265;
$custom-light: #c3bd92;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a265",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 162,
    "b": 101
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.627,
    "s": 27.801,
    "l": 52.745
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.703,
    "c": 0.08162,
    "h": 103.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35105
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A265

secondary

#A6A8C3

accent

#6CC464

background

#FCFBF9

surface

#F8F6F1

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120D

muted

#82817E

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A265

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

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