#A8A362#A8A362

#A8A362 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.354; OKLCH L 70.5% C 0.086 H 104.6°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.08:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#A8A362
RGB	rgb(168, 163, 98)
HSL	hsl(56, 29%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(56, 42%, 66%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 3%, 41.7%, 34.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(66.06, -7.87, 34.36)
CIE-LCH	lch(66.06, 35.25, 102.91°)
OKLab	oklab(70.47% -0.0217 0.0835)
OKLCH	oklch(70.47% 0.086 104.6)
XYZ	xyz(31.4508, 35.4019, 16.7294)
Luminance	0.3540 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#A8A362 #6267A8

analogous

#A88062 #A8A362 #8AA862

triadic

#A8A362 #62A8A3 #A362A8

tetradic

#A8A362 #62A880 #6267A8 #A8628A

square

#A8A362 #62A880 #6267A8 #A8628A

split-complementary

#A8A362 #628AA8 #8062A8

monochromatic

#5C5933 #848049 #A8A362 #BEBA89 #D4D1B1

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.60

#A8A362 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.08

#A8A362 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #A8A362

8.08:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##A8A362	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##A8A362	1.00	2.60	8.08	8.08
#FFFFFF	2.60	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.08	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#AD9F5D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AFA265

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#B19B93

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A1A1A1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #a8a362;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(168, 163, 98);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(70.5% 0.086 104.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#c3be90',
    500: '#a8a362',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #a8a362;
$custom-light: #c3be90;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#a8a362",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 168,
    "g": 163,
    "b": 98
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.714,
    "s": 28.689,
    "l": 52.157
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.70467,
    "c": 0.08625,
    "h": 104.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.35401
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#A8A362

secondary

#A4A6C2

accent

#6AC563

background

#FCFBF8

surface

#F8F6F0

border

#D1D0CB

text

#13120C

muted

#82817D

Preview Lab

Preview with #A8A362

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

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