#A8A359#A8A359

#A8A359 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.352; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.096 H 105.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A359
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 89)
HSL	hsl(56, 31%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(56, 47%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 47%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.94, -8.82, 38.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.94, 39.85, 102.78°)
OKLab	oklab(70.33% -0.0252 0.093)
OKLCH	oklch(70.33% 0.096 105.2)
XYZ	xyz(31.0495, 35.2413, 14.6159)
Luminance	0.3524 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A359 #595EA8

analogous

#A87C59 #A8A359 #85A859

triadic

#A8A359 #59A8A3 #A359A8

tetradic

#A8A359 #59A87C #595EA8 #A85985

square

#A8A359 #59A87C #595EA8 #A85985

split-complementary

#A8A359 #5985A8 #7C59A8

monochromatic

#58562E #807D43 #A8A359 #BDB981 #D2D0A9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A8A359 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#A8A359 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A359

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A359	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A359	1.00	2.61	8.05	8.05
#FFFFFF	2.61	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.05	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E53

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A25C

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a359;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 89);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.096 105.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be89',
    500: '#a8a359',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a359;
$custom-light: #c3be89;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a359",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 89
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.203,
    "s": 31.225,
    "l": 50.392
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70328,
    "c": 0.09633,
    "h": 105.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.3524
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A359

secondary

#9D9FC0

accent

#67C760

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A359

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

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