#A8A356#A8A356

#A8A356 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.100 H 105.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A356
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 86)
HSL	hsl(56, 32%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 49%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 48.8%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.90, -9.11, 40.34)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.90, 41.36, 102.72°)
OKLab	oklab(70.29% -0.0264 0.096)
OKLCH	oklch(70.29% 0.1 105.4)
XYZ	xyz(30.9261, 35.1920, 13.9659)
Luminance	0.3519 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A356 #565BA8

analogous

#A87A56 #A8A356 #84A856

triadic

#A8A356 #56A8A3 #A356A8

tetradic

#A8A356 #56A87A #565BA8 #A85684

square

#A8A356 #56A87A #565BA8 #A85684

split-complementary

#A8A356 #5684A8 #7A56A8

monochromatic

#57542D #807C41 #A8A356 #BDB97E #D2CFA7

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A8A356 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#A8A356 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A356

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A356	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A356	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)

#AF9E4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A25A

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a356;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.100 105.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be87',
    500: '#a8a356',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a356;
$custom-light: #c3be87;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a356",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.341,
    "s": 32.283,
    "l": 49.804
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70285,
    "c": 0.09954,
    "h": 105.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.35191
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A356

secondary

#9A9DBF

accent

#66C85F

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A356

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

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