#A8A355#A8A355

#A8A355 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.101 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A355
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 85)
HSL	hsl(56, 33%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 49.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.89, -9.20, 40.83)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.89, 41.85, 102.70°)
OKLab	oklab(70.27% -0.0268 0.097)
OKLCH	oklch(70.27% 0.101 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.8861, 35.1760, 13.7552)
Luminance	0.3518 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A355 #555AA8

analogous

#A87A55 #A8A355 #83A855

triadic

#A8A355 #55A8A3 #A355A8

tetradic

#A8A355 #55A87A #555AA8 #A85583

square

#A8A355 #55A87A #555AA8 #A85583

split-complementary

#A8A355 #5583A8 #7A55A8

monochromatic

#57542C #7F7C40 #A8A355 #BDB97D #D2CFA6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A8A355 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#A8A355 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A355

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A355	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A355	1.00	2.61	8.04	8.04
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.04	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AF9E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A259

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a355;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 85);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.101 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c4be87',
    500: '#a8a355',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a355;
$custom-light: #c4be87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a355",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 85
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.386,
    "s": 32.806,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70271,
    "c": 0.10059,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35175
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A355

secondary

#999CBF

accent

#65C95F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6EF

border

#D1D0CA

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A355

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

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