#A8A35D#A8A35D

#A8A35D is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.353; OKLCH L 70.4% C 0.092 H 104.9°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.06:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A35D
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 93)
HSL	hsl(56, 30%, 51%)
HSV	hsv(56, 45%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 44.6%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(65.99, -8.41, 36.88)
CIE-LCH	lch(65.99, 37.82, 102.85°)
OKLab	oklab(70.39% -0.0237 0.0888)
OKLCH	oklch(70.39% 0.092 104.9)
XYZ	xyz(31.2221, 35.3104, 15.5247)
Luminance	0.3531 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A35D #5D62A8

analogous

#A87D5D #A8A35D #87A85D

triadic

#A8A35D #5DA8A3 #A35DA8

tetradic

#A8A35D #5DA87D #5D62A8 #A85D87

square

#A8A35D #5DA87D #5D62A8 #A85D87

split-complementary

#A8A35D #5D87A8 #7D5DA8

monochromatic

#5A5730 #827E46 #A8A35D #BDBA85 #D3D0AD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A8A35D on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.06

#A8A35D on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A35D

8.06:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A35D	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A35D	1.00	2.60	8.06	8.06
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.06	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AE9E57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B0A260

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B29B92

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A0A0A0

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a35d;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 93);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.4% 0.092 104.9);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be8c',
    500: '#a8a35d',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a35d;
$custom-light: #c3be8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a35d",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 93
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 56,
    "s": 30.12,
    "l": 51.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70388,
    "c": 0.09193,
    "h": 104.9
  },
  "luminance": 0.3531
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A35D

secondary

#A0A2C1

accent

#68C661

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A35D

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

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