#A8A35A#A8A35A

#A8A35A is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.3% C 0.095 H 105.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.05:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A35A
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 90)
HSL	hsl(56, 31%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 46%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 46.4%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.95, -8.72, 38.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.95, 39.35, 102.80°)
OKLab	oklab(70.34% -0.0248 0.0919)
OKLCH	oklch(70.34% 0.095 105.1)
XYZ	xyz(31.0918, 35.2583, 14.8386)
Luminance	0.3526 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A35A #5A5FA8

analogous

#A87C5A #A8A35A #86A85A

triadic

#A8A35A #5AA8A3 #A35AA8

tetradic

#A8A35A #5AA87C #5A5FA8 #A85A86

square

#A8A35A #5AA87C #5A5FA8 #A85A86

split-complementary

#A8A35A #5A86A8 #7C5AA8

monochromatic

#59562F #817D44 #A8A35A #BDB982 #D2D0AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.61

#A8A35A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.05

#A8A35A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A35A

8.05:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A35A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A35A	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)

#AE9E54

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A25D

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29A92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a35a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.3% 0.095 105.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be8a',
    500: '#a8a35a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a35a;
$custom-light: #c3be8a;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a35a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56.154,
    "s": 30.952,
    "l": 50.588
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70343,
    "c": 0.09524,
    "h": 105.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.35257
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A35A

secondary

#9EA0C0

accent

#67C761

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A35A

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

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