#A8A357#A8A357

#A8A357 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.098 H 105.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.04:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A357
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 87)
HSL	hsl(56, 32%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 48%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 48.2%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.91, -9.01, 39.85)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.91, 40.86, 102.74°)
OKLab	oklab(70.3% -0.026 0.095)
OKLCH	oklch(70.3% 0.098 105.3)
XYZ	xyz(30.9667, 35.2082, 14.1796)
Luminance	0.3521 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A357 #575CA8

analogous

#A87A57 #A8A357 #85A857

triadic

#A8A357 #57A8A3 #A357A8

tetradic

#A8A357 #57A87A #575CA8 #A85785

square

#A8A357 #57A87A #575CA8 #A85785

split-complementary

#A8A357 #5785A8 #7A57A8

monochromatic

#57552D #807C42 #A8A357 #BDB97F #D2CFA8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A8A357 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.04

#A8A357 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A357

8.04:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A357	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A357	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)

#AE9E50

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B1A25B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29A91

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a357;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 87);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.098 105.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be88',
    500: '#a8a357',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a357;
$custom-light: #c3be88;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a357",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 87
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.296,
    "s": 31.765,
    "l": 50
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70299,
    "c": 0.09847,
    "h": 105.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.35207
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A357

secondary

#9B9DC0

accent

#66C860

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120B

muted

#82817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A357

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

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