#A8A353#A8A353

#A8A353 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.351; OKLCH L 70.2% C 0.103 H 105.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.03:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A353
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 83)
HSL	hsl(56, 34%, 49%)
HSV	hsv(56, 51%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 50.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.86, -9.39, 41.80)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.86, 42.84, 102.66°)
OKLab	oklab(70.24% -0.0275 0.0989)
OKLCH	oklch(70.24% 0.103 105.5)
XYZ	xyz(30.8078, 35.1446, 13.3427)
Luminance	0.3514 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A353 #5358A8

analogous

#A87953 #A8A353 #83A853

triadic

#A8A353 #53A8A3 #A353A8

tetradic

#A8A353 #53A879 #5358A8 #A85383

square

#A8A353 #53A879 #5358A8 #A85383

split-complementary

#A8A353 #5383A8 #7953A8

monochromatic

#56542B #7F7B3F #A8A353 #BEBA7B #D2CFA4

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.62

#A8A353 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.03

#A8A353 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A353

8.03:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A353	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A353	1.00	2.62	8.03	8.03
#FFFFFF	2.62	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.03	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A257

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B39A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a353;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.2% 0.103 105.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4be85',
    500: '#a8a353',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a353;
$custom-light: #c4be85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a353",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.471,
    "s": 33.865,
    "l": 49.216
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70244,
    "c": 0.10267,
    "h": 105.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.35144
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A353

secondary

#989ABF

accent

#64CA5E

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A353

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

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